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Record high global sea surface temperatures continue to set records.
The map below measures heating-degree weeks. The higher the heating-degree-weeks, the worse the coral bleaching. Bleaching hot spots are circled (ovaled) in white.
2020-25 Articles
2020-25 Articles
‘Catastrophic’ - Great Barrier Reef Hit by Its Most Widespread Coral Bleaching 0125.rtf
Tide Going Out on Good News for Oceans 0125.rtf
The Business Case for Saving Coral Reefs 0125.rtf
4th Mass Coral Bleaching Prompts UN Emergency Session 1024.rtf
The Caribbean’s Coral Defense System against Deadly Hurricanes Is Vanishing 0724.rtf
Mangroves and Coral Reefs, the Coastal Living Barriers, Could Soon Collapse 0524.rtf
Heat Stress Is Plunging the World’s Coral Reefs Into Crisis 0424.rtf
NOAA Confirms 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event 0424.rtf
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Corals Are Bleaching in Every Corner of the Ocean, Threatening Its Web of Life 0424.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Suffers Record Coral Bleaching, Damage 18 Meters Down 0424.rtf
Corals Have No Reprieve as Great Barrier Reef Faces Its Latest Bleaching Event 0324.rtf
Mapping the World’s Corals Reveals More Reefs than Previously Known 0224.rtf
Global Coral Reef Heat Stress Monitors Add New Alerts as Temperatures Rise 0124.rtf
Largest, Hottest, Longest Caribbean Bleaching- Corals Dying from Extreme Heat 1023.rtf
Extreme Heat Is Taking a Toll on Florida Bay 1023.rtf
Florida Coral Reef Fights to Survive After Record Ocean Heat Wave 1023.rtf
Deadly Coral Bleaching Heat Wave Spreads across Entire Caribbean 0923.rtf
For Florida’s Ailing Corals, No Relief from the Heat 0823.rtf
‘Coral Are Going to Die’ - Maui Wildfires Take Toxic Toll on Marine Ecology 0823.rtf
Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round 0823.rtf
A Desperate Push to Save Florida’s Coral - Get It Out of the Sea 0723.rtf - Keep a few corals in tanks on land, for eventual re-seeding.
Mass Coral Bleaching Found in Some Florida Reefs, at Temperatures Up to 100° - 0723.rtf
As Florida Ocean Temperatures Soar, a Race to Salvage Imperiled Corals 0723.rtf
Ocean Heat around Florida is Unprecedented. Coral Bleaching Abounds. 0723.rtf
Scientists Find Deep Corals in Mediterranean That Withstand Heat Waves 0623.rtf
Giving ‘Mother Nature a Little Bit of a Boost’ on the Great Barrier Reef Corals 1122.rtf
To Grow Coral Reefs, Get Them Buzzed 1022.rtf - Run small electric current (milli-amps) thru coral reefs being built
How Marine Heat Waves in Hawaii Have Ripple Effects All the Way to Arizona 0522.rtf
Most Great Barrier Reef Coral Studied This Year Was Bleached 0522.rtf
These Hawaiian Corals Could Hold the Secret to Surviving Warming Waters 0522.rtf
One of Great Barrier Reef’s Healthiest Reefs Succumbs to Bleaching 0322.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Faces More Damage as Hot Seas Cause Bleaching 0322.rtf
Some Corals Can Be Conditioned to Tolerate Heat 0322.rtf
Rumors of This Coral’s Survival Were Greatly Exaggerated 0228.rtf
Mediterranean Corals Collapse under Relentless Heat 0222.rtf
Could the Red Sea’s Heat-Resilient Corals Restore the World’s Dying Reefs 0122.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Faces Frequent Extreme Coral Bleaching at 2°C Heating 1121.rtf
14% of World’s Coral Lost in Less than a Decade 1021.rtf
The Ocean Has Lost Half Its Coral Reef Coverage 0921.rtf
Coral Reefs Face Disaster from Climate Change if We Don’t Curb CO2 Emissions 0721.rtf
U.N. Says Great Barrier Reef Is in Danger. Aussie Government Bitterly Disagrees. 0621.rtf
Corals Swap in Heat-Resistant Algae to Better Cope with Global Warming 0521.rtf
Global Warming’s Extreme Rains Threaten Hawaii’s Coral Reefs 0421.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Doomed, as Up to 99% of Coral at Risk 0401.rtf
Coral Survivors Show Some Cope Better with Heat Waves 1220.rtf
Scientists Say Florida Reefs Have Lost Nearly 98% of Coral 1120.rtf
Warming Has Killed 1:2 the Great Barrier Reef’s Coral. It May Never Recover. 1020.rtf
Algae Transplant Could Protect Coral Reefs Threatened by Warming Seas 0520.rtf
Climate Crisis Pushes World's Tropical Coral Reefs to Near-Annual Bleaching? 0320.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Bleaching after Record Hot Month of Sea Temperatures 0320.rtf
Earth's Coral Reefs Could Be Gone by 2100 - 0220.rtf
Record Heat Thrusts Hawaii Corals into ‘New Era’ of Bleaching 1019.rtf
Some Corals May Be Able to Tolerate Climate Change by Changing Which Algae Live within Them 0919.rtf
Outlook for the Great Barrier Reef Is Now Very Poor, Aussie Government Says 0819.rtf
Marine Heat Waves Kill Coral Instantly 0819.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Hard Coral Cover Close to Record Lows 0719.rtf
As Ocean Temperatures Rise, Corals Are Steadily Moving Poleward 0719.rtf
'Death Blow' - Corals, Algae Don't Acclimatize to More Acidic Seas 0519.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Moving South as Scientists Watch from Space 0419.rtf
Climate Change Is Battering the Great Barrier Reef. It Might Only Get Worse. 0419.rtf
Some Corals Becoming Resilient to Rising Temperatures 0319.rtf
Heated Oceans Endanger Coral Reefs 0910.rtf Red high risk, yellow medium, blue low
2018 and earlier Articles
2018 and earlier Articles
Great Barrier Reef Headed for ‘Massive Death’ to Start ‘Planetary Catastrophe’ 0818.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Imperiled as Heat Worsens Die-Offs 0718.rtf
Coral Reefs ‘Will Be Overwhelmed by Rising Oceans’ 0618.rtf - Corals cannot build a reef higher as fast as seas will rise.
Coral Decline in Great Barrier Reef ‘Unprecedented' 0618.rtf - in 30+ years of monitoring
Great Barrier Reef Has Had 5 Near-Death Experiences in the Past 30,000 Years 0518.rtf
Global Warming Has Changed the Great Barrier Reef ‘Forever,’ Scientists Say 0418.rtf - Branched corals lose, compact ones remain - for now.
Coral Reefs at Risk of Dissolving as Oceans Get More Acidic 0218.rtf
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Coral Reefs Are Bleaching Too Frequently to Recover 0118.rtf
Damage to Its Coral Reefs Has Made Florida More Vulnerable to Storm Surges 0917.rtf
240-Year-Old Nautical Maps Show Coral Loss Is Much Worse than We Knew 0917.rtf
World's Northernmost Coral Reef Bleached in Japan 0717.rtf
Floods, Reef Loss and Migration - Asia's Future on a Hotter Planet 0717.rtf
The Great Barrier Reef Is a Treasure Worth $42 Billion 0617.rtf
US Coral Reefs Are on Course to Disappear within Decades 0517.rtf
Great Barrier Reef 2050 Plan No Longer Achievable, due to Climate Change 0517.rtf
Loss of Coral Reefs from Warming Seas Could Cost $1 Trillion Globally 0417.rtf
Great Barrier Reef - 2:3 Damaged in ‘Unprecedented' Bleaching 0417.rtf
Coral Reefs' Only Hope Is Halting Global Warming, Study Says 0317.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Bleached for Unprecedented 2nd Year Running 0317.rtf
Coral Bleaching Kills 70% of Japan’s Biggest Coral Reef 0117.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Not Likely to Survive if Warming Trend Continues 1216.rtf
Why the Death of Coral Reefs Could Be Devastating for Millions of Humans 1116.rtf
Northern Great Barrier Reef Coral Bleaching Damage Worse, Surveys Show 1016.rtf
Global Coral Bleaching Event Might Become New Normal, Expert Warns 0916.rtf
Climate Change Unleashes Ghostly Death on Great Barrier Reef 0916.rtf
Sections of Great Barrier Reef Suffer Complete Ecosystem Collapse 0716.rtf - Most fish populations plummet or vanish.
Global Coral Bleaching Event to Hit U.S. Hard, with No End in Sight 0616.rtf
Coral Reefs Doing Better Than Expected in Many Areas 0616.rtf - where they are not otherwise impacted by humans
Sad Truth - Great Barrier Reef May Never Rebound to Previous Health 0516.rtf
1:3 of Central, Northern Great Barrier Reef Corals Dead 0516.rtf
Coral Species May Find Respite from Bleaching More than 40 Meters Below 0516.rtf
India’s Coral Reefs Experiencing Widespread Bleaching 0516.rtf
Florida’s Coral Reef Is Disintegrating 0516.rtf
Coral Bleaching Spreads from Great Barrier Reef to Western Australia 0416.rtf
93% of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching 0416.rtf
Climate-Related Death of Coral around World Alarms Scientists 0416.rtf
Link between Fossil Fuels and Great Barrier Reef Bleaching Is Incontrovertible 0316.rtf
Severe Coral Bleaching Worsens in Most Pristine Parts of Great Barrier Reef 0316.rtf
Longest Global Coral Bleaching on Record Isn’t Over Yet 0216.rtf
Coral Bleach Impact 0216.rtf - 25-30% mortality so far in Fiji during this El Niño
Christmas Island Corals Aren’t Just Bleaching from El Niño. They’re Dying. 1215.rtf
Abrupt Changes in Food Chains Predicted as Southern Ocean Acidifies Fast 1115.rtf - Pteropods, at the base of the food web, can’t form shells.
Pacific Ocean Becomes a Cauldron 1115.rtf - 3rd great cral bleaching event is under way.
Dramatic Worldwide Coral Bleaching Event Is Now Underway 1015.rtf
World's Richest Reef System Could Soon Succumb to Climate Change – WWF 0915.rtf
3rd Recorded Global Coral Bleaching Event May Be Underway 0915.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Species More at Risk from Climate Change 0815.rtf
Scientists Warn that 2°C Target Is Not Enough to Protect Corals, Marine Life 0815.rtf
Australia's Deep-Sea Coral Reefs Could Be Dead within 50 Years 0615.rtf
How Corals Could Survive a Warming Planet. (But What about Acidity?) 0615.rtf
Global Warming Fuels Coral Killer 0215.rtf
Warmer Waters Help Starfish Thrive, by Devouring the Great Barrier Reef 0215.rtf
To Save Coral Reefs, First Save the Mangroves 0215.rtf
Genetically Modified Coral Could Help Save Reefs 0215.rtf
Something Really, Really Terrible Is About to Happen to Our Coral 0115.rtf
‘Doomed’ Corals to Face Worst Bleaching in Decades 1214.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Protection Plan ‘Ignores the Threat of Climate Change' 1014.rtf
Panama’s Coral Reefs Ringed with Threats 1014.rtf
Great Barrier Reef - 'a Massive Chemistry Experiment Gone Wrong' 1014.rtf
Caribbean Coral Reefs ‘Will be Lost Within 20 Years’ 0714.rtf
Climate Change, Coral Reefs, Deforestation and Dengue 0414.rtf
Particulates from Fossil Fuels Affect Coral Growth 0413.rtf
Warming Favors Soft Corals Over Hard Reef-Building Corals 0313.rtf
Australia's Coal to Destroy Great Barrier Reef 0313.rtf
Booming Coal Exports Threaten Great Barrier Reef 0213.rtf
Caribbean Coral Reefs Ready to Shrink 0113.rtf
World’s Coral Reefs Can No Longer Be Saved 0712.rtf
Coral Reef Deaths Soar in Record Ocean Heat 0710.rtf
Services of Coral Reefs, Forests Worth Trillions 1109.rtf
Outlook Poor for Great Barrier Reef 0909.rtf
Coral Reef Future Is Bleak 0111.pdf
Coral Reefs Die as Ocean Water Warms and Turns Acid 0613.rtf
Coal Boom Could Destroy Great Barrier Reef 0513.rtf
Half of Great Barrier Reef Coral Lost in Last 27 Years 1012.rtf
Coral Reefs Head for Fishing & Climate Crisis 0211.rtf
Coral Reefs Move North 1111.rtf
Warming Kills Up to 80% of Corals in Indian Ocean 1010.rtf
Warming Slows Red Sea Coral Growth 0710.rtf
Oceans & Other
Oceans & Other
2018-2025 Articles
2018-2025 Articles
Warning From a California Marine Heat Wave 1224.rtf - Remember 2014's "The Blob" in the northeast Pacific, off Oegon & Washington. So much sea life died then, from overheating.
Plankton, the Backbone of Ocean Life, May Struggle with What’s Coming 1124.rtf - at least 10% declline with warming 3°C above pre-industrial levels
Earth’s Oldest, Tiniest Creatures to Be Climate Winners, for Huge Repercussions 0824.rtf - Blue-green algae projected to decrease less than other microscopic sea creatures (phyoplankton) and fish that consume them (1.5% versus 3-5% decrease per 1°C of ocean warming). The result is lower overall ocean biomass and an additional 800 million tonnes of CO2 a year net emissions from the oceans (carbon sink turning to carbon source).
Human-Made Noise Is Harming Ocean Life. Climate Change Could Make it Worse 0624.rtf - Excerpt: with warming, "ship noises could travel much further than they currently do. This could increase sound levels by as much as 7 decibels by the end of the century." Due to "sound channels" creasted by seawater of different termpeatures, notably a cold layer in the North Atlantic from melting of the Greenland ice sheet.
Oceans Face ‘Triple Threat’ of Extreme Heat, Oxygen Loss and Acidification 0624.rtf
Climate Crisis Is Increasing Frequency of Deadly Ocean Upwells 0424.rtf
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The Atlantification of the Arctic Ocean Is Underway 0623.rtf
Climate Change Is Making Crabs Lose Their Sense of Smell 0523.rtf
Ocean Animals Face a Mass Extinction from Climate Change 0422.rtf
Climate Change Is on Track to Wipe Out Most Ocean Life 0422.rtf
Climate Change Speeds Up Sound in the Ocean. That’s Bad for Marine Animals. 0422.rtf
Melting Ice in Arctic Linked to Bowhead Whales Holding Off Annual Migration 0421.rtf
British Columbia’s Seamounts Are Becoming Uninhabitable 1020.rtf - falling oxygen levels as waters warm are the culprit
How Can We Minimize Harm from More Common & Intense Marine Heat Waves? 0820.rtf
Researchers Warn a Warming Ocean Threatens Giant Kelp Forests 0820.rtf
Climate Change Makes Some Fish Smaller, and Others Bigger 0420.rtf
Acid Oceans Are Shrinking Plankton, Fueling Faster Climate Change 0819.rtf
Warming May Reduce Sea Life 17% - 0619.rtf
Climate Change is Altering the Composition of the World’s Plankton Communities 0519.rtf
Octopuses May Go Blind as Climate Change Sucks Oxygen Out of the Ocean 0519.rtf
Climate Change Forces Arctic Sea Animals to Shift Feeding Habits 0319.rtf
Crabs Are Adapting to Climate Change by Eating Methane-Filled Bacteria 0219.rtf
Venomous Sea Creatures on the Rise, Thanks to Climate Change 1018.rtf
Fish Will Start Losing Sense of Smell as CO2 Levels Rise 0718.rtf
Turn Up The Heat, Turn Down Ocean Productivity 0518.rtf
Scientists Confirm Florida-Sized Dead Zone in the Gulf of Oman 0418.rtf
'Game Changer' - New Vulnerability to Climate Change in Ocean Food Chain 0318.rtf
Seagrass Meadows Are Vital, but in Serious Decline 0218.rtf
Decline in Krill Threatens Antarctic Wildlife, from Whales to Penguins 0218.rtf
January 2018
2008-2017 Articles
2008-2017 Articles
As Oceans Warm, the World’s Kelp Forests Begin to Disappear 1117.rtf
Failing Phytoplankton, Failing Oxygen - Global Warming Could Suffocate Life on Earth 1215.rtf
Box Jellyfish Will Destroy Ocean Ecosystems by Gobbling Up the Food 0917.rtf
Warming Planet Is Hazard to Fish, via Increased Salinity and Algal Blooms 0917.rtf
Hot Spots in a Freezing Ocean Offer Lessons in Climate Change 0817.rtf
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Where's the Kelp? Warm Ocean Takes Toll on Undersea Forests 0817.rtf
Climate Change May Shrink the World’s Fish 0817.rtf
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Is the Largest Ever, Size of New Jersey 0817.rtf
Ocean Warming due to Plankton Collapse 0616.rtf
Climate Change Will Worsen Nitrogen Runoff, Algae and Dead Zones 0717.rtf
Plankton Decline Hits Marine Food Chain 0417.rtf
Deep Sea Life Faces Dark Future due to Warming and Food Shortage 0217.rtf - less food from above; triple whammy of less oxygen, more acid, and too warm (rate 1,000s of times what deep seas have seen)
Warmer Oceans Encouraging 2 New Phytoplankton Groups 0117.rtf
Pacific Warm Water “Blob” Contributed to a Record Toxic Algae Bloom 1216.rtf
Global Warming Alters Arctic Food Chain, with Unforeseeable Results 1116.rtf
Ocean Slime Spreading Quickly Across the Earth 0816.rtf
CO2 Causing 'Intoxication' of Ocean Fish Sooner than Expected 0116.rtf
Pacific Shellfish Set for Price Hike, as Ocean Acidity Keeps Rising 0116.rtf
Abrupt Changes in Food Chains Predicted as Southern Ocean Acidifies Fast 1115.rtf
Marine Food Chains at Risk of Collapse, Extensive Oceans Study Finds 1015.rtf
Climate Change Could Push These Tiny Marine Bacteria to Evolve - Irreversibly 0915.rtf
Great Barrier Reef Species More at Risk from Climate Change 0815.rtf
Too Warm, Too Few Fish - Health Warning for World’s Oceans 0815.rtf
Ocean Acidification Threatens Balance of Plankton Species - Why That Matters 0715.rtf
Tropical Fish Are Genetically Adapting to Cope with Warmer Waters 0715.rtf
Seaweed Might Have the Power to Make the Oceans Less Acidic 0515.rtf
Dead Zones - Where Animals Suffocate and Die - Found in Atlantic Open Waters 0415.rtf
Lobster Growth Rates Declining 0415.rtf
Sea Urchins Work Overtime to Cope with Rising Ocean Acidity 0315.rtf
Climate Change Can Skew Fish Gender Ratios 0315.rtf
Massive Ocean Oxygen Loss from Melting Ice, Warming, 10-17 Millennia Ago 0115.rtf
Examining How Marine Life Might Adapt to Acidified Oceans 0514.rtf
Warmer Water Linked to More Mercury in Fish 1013.rtf
Toxic Algal Blooms And Warming Waters- the Climate Connection 0913.rtf
As Antarctic Sea Ice Melts, Seaweed Smothers Seafloor 0813.rtf
Ocean Microbes Feel a Warming Climate’s Effects 0713.rtf
78% Drop in Coastal Fish Over 40 Years Off California 0713.rtf
Fish Shrink Due to Climate Change 0709.rtf
Jellyfish Surge in Mediterranean 0613.rtf
Slippery Slope to Slime 0413.rtf
Dead Zones Warming Extinguished Most Species 180 Mya 0213.rtf
Climate Change May Shrink Fish 0912.rtf
UK Warming Replaces Cold-Water Fish with Warm 0911.rtf
Acid Ocean Destroys Diatoms 0406.rtf
Volcanic Vents Model CO2 Acid Future - 30% Biodiversity Loss 0212.rtf
Adding CO2 Damages Ocean Life 0706.rtf
Warm Seas Hurt Plankton 1206.rtf
Toxic Algae
Toxic Algae
Articles
Articles
Warming Climate Makes Deadly Bacteria a Growing Threat to US Beaches 0824.rtf
Toxic Red Tide Algae, Last Seen in 2018, Returns to Texas Coast 0923.rtf
Italian Hospitals Report Sharp Rise in Emergency Cases, as Rome Hits 41.8°C 0723.rtf
Florida's Red Tide Is Decimating Marine Plants 0423.rtf
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Florida Red Tides Getting Worse, May Be Hard to Control - due to Climate Change 0122.rtf
Toxic Algae Blooms Are Multiplying. The Government Lacks a Plan to Help. 1021.rtf
Black Summer Bushfires Triggered Southern Ocean Algal Blooms Bigger than Australia 0921.rtf
Harmful Algal Blooms Come to Lake Superior, Once Believed Immune 0921.rtf
Another Red Tide Left 15 Tons of Dead Fish on Tampa Bay Shores. More on Tap. 0721.rtf
Algal Blooms Target Sea Otter Hearts 0421.rtf
Massive Kamchatka Die-Off Threatens Bottom Dwellers, Endangered Sea Otters 1020.rtf
Lake Erie’s Toxic Green Slime is Getting Worse with Climate Change 0820.rtf
As Cape Cod Warms, Nightmare of Toxic Algae Plagues Its Ponds 0720.rtf
Climate Change Could Worsen Foul-Smelling Algae on Mexican Tourist Beaches 0719.rtf
This Year’s Wild, Wet Spring Is Feeding Massive Blobs of Toxic Algae 0719.rtf
Algae Blooms Fed by Farm Flooding Add to Midwest's Climate Woes 0619.rtf
As Climate Warms, Algae Blooms in Drinking Water Supplies 0918.rtf
Algae Bloom in Lake Superior Raises Worries on Climate Change and Tourism 0918.rtf
How Climate Change Is Making ‘Red Tide’ Algal Blooms Even Worse 0818.rtf
Toxic ‘Red Tide' Algae Bloom Is Killing Florida Wildlife and Menacing Tourism 0818.rtf
Death by Killer Algae 1117.rtf - oceans
250,000 Football Fields of Green Algae Now Cover Lake Erie 1017.rtf
Climate Change Is Making Algal Blooms Worse 0417.rtf
Pacific Warm Water “Blob” Contributed to a Record Toxic Algae Bloom 1216.rtf
The Pacific Blob Caused an Unprecedented Toxic Algal Bloom; More Is Coming 0916.rtf
Toxic Algal Bloom Explodes in Chesapeake Bay This Summer 0916.rtf
Warming Could Mean More Algae Blooms Like Florida’s 0716.rtf
Toxic Algae May Become Common on British Columbia Coast 0316.rtf
Rising Lake Temperatures May Worsen Algae Blooms 1215.rtf
Heavier Rains Mean More Toxic Blooms for Lake Erie 0715.rtf
Flooding May Spur Algae in Lake Erie 0715.rtf
Algal Blooms Causing Concern in Northern Lakes 1013.rtf
Warming May Mean More Toxic Algae Blooms for Lake Erie 0413.rtf
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