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The 2024 Aerial Survey Map illustrates the variation in bleaching prevalence observed across the Reef (Map 1). Map 1 - 2024 Aerial survey observations of bleaching prevalence in shallow-water coral communities throughout the Great Barrier Reef.
It comes as a new Great Barrier Reef Snapshot Report features a map which shows areas of extreme bleaching, where more than 90% of coral is bleached, extend throughout most of the Reef.
Learn about coral bleaching, its causes, effects on the Great Barrier Reef, and how you can help combat this environmental threat.
8 mar 2024 · Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef is suffering another mass bleaching event, officials have confirmed. Bleaching occurs when heat-stressed corals expel the algae that gives them...
16 kwi 2024 · The Great Barrier Reef is but one of many coral reef systems across 53 countries that have experienced widespread coral bleaching in the last 12 months, prompting the USA’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to announce a fourth global bleaching event.
Bleaching-level heat stress, as remotely monitored and predicted by NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW), has been -- and continues to be -- extensive across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean basins. Since early 2023, mass coral bleaching has been confirmed in 67 countries and territories in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
17 mar 2024 · Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been hit by widespread coral bleaching caused by heat stress, government officials confirmed on March 8, 2024. This is the fifth mass bleaching of the reef since 2016.
