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"Over the last year, widespread bleaching of coral reefs has occurred in oceans
all across the planet, with America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) now officially declaring it a “global mass bleaching
event” for just the 4th time in history.
“This is something everyone should be worried about, and everyone should be
angry about, frankly,” NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch coordinator Derek Manzello said.
The news comes after a year of extreme heat in the world’s oceans, with sea
surface temperatures at record levels every day.
For an event to be deemed a global event, a certain percentage of reefs in each
of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans need to have reached levels of heat
stress consistent with significant bleaching throughout the previous year."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
