Earlier this month the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the International Coral Reef Initiative confirmed that the world's fourth planetwide mass coral bleaching event is underway. Over the past 14 months scientists have documented significant bleaching in every major ocean basin.
As already record-breaking sea-surface temperatures continue to rise, this is on track to become the worst mass bleaching event ever recorded.
Coral reefs are absolutely critical ecosystems, important for food security, reef tourism, and providing ecosystem services to hundreds of millions of people, especially those in the tropics.
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