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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Barracuda, grouper, tuna and seaweed: Madagascar's fishers forced to find new ways to survive

Coastal villages around Toliara, a city in southern Madagascar, host tens of thousands of the semi-nomadic Vezo people, who make a living from small-scale fishing on the ocean. For centuries, they have launched pirogues, small boats carved from single tree trunks, every day into the turquoise shallows to catch tuna, barracuda and grouper. We rely solely on the ocean, says Soa Nomeny, a woman from a small island off the south-west coast called Nosy Ve.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds

Caribbean hard coral cover declined about 48% since 1980, primarily due to marine heatwaves causing bleaching and compounded by cyclones and overfishing.
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fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Corals survived past climate changes by retreating to the deeps

The 2023 marine heat wave caused functional extinction of two Acropora reef-building coral species in the Florida Reef, making natural recovery highly unlikely.
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fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago
Environment

New study raises alarms about ecosystems that may be on verge of irreversible collapse

Earth is approaching a climate tipping point; global temperatures likely to exceed 1.5°C within five years, risking collapse of coral reefs and major ecosystems.
fromFast Company
8 months ago
Environment

84% of the planet's coral is now impacted by the worst reef bleaching event ever

Current coral bleaching is unprecedented, affecting 84% of reefs.
Rising ocean temperatures are the main cause of coral bleaching.
The event threatens marine biodiversity and coastal protection.
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fromFast Company
8 months ago

84% of the planet's coral is now impacted by the worst reef bleaching event ever

Current coral bleaching is unprecedented, affecting 84% of reefs.
Rising ocean temperatures are the main cause of coral bleaching.
The event threatens marine biodiversity and coastal protection.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago
Environment

Great Barrier Reef suffers biggest annual drop in live coral since 1980s after devastating coral bleaching

The Great Barrier Reef experienced its largest annual decline in live coral cover since monitoring began, following unprecedented coral bleaching events.
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago
Environment

People can't imagine something on that scale dying': Anohni on mourning the Great Barrier Reef

Anohni Hegarty is documenting the Great Barrier Reef's decline while reflecting on appropriate ways to mourn its potential loss.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

People can't imagine something on that scale dying': Anohni on mourning the Great Barrier Reef

Anohni Hegarty is documenting the Great Barrier Reef's decline while reflecting on appropriate ways to mourn its potential loss.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Two crucial Florida coral species left functionally extinct' by ocean heatwave

Staghorn and elkhorn corals in Florida are now functionally extinct after a 2023 marine heatwave caused near-total mortality, threatening reef ecosystems.
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fromNature
2 months ago

These iconic corals are nearly extinct due to heatwaves: can they be saved?

Elkhorn and staghorn corals are functionally extinct off southern Florida after catastrophic mortality from the 2023 marine heatwave.
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fromTruthout
2 months ago

Scientists Warn Planet Has Passed "Tipping Point" as Warm-Water Coral Reefs Die

Widespread death of warm-water coral reefs has reached a planetary tipping point driven by rising marine temperatures and ocean acidification.
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fromwww.dw.com
8 months ago

Report: Coral bleaching at highest level ever recorded DW 04/23/2025

Coral reefs are currently facing the most severe bleaching event, affecting 84% of them due to climate change.
The crisis signals an alarming threat to marine ecosystems and biodiversity.
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fromSFGATE
3 months ago

SF scientists fight climate doom with lab-grown coral breakthrough

A San Francisco lab is breeding baby corals to restore reefs threatened by rapid climate-driven bleaching, starvation, and projected 90–99% loss by 2050 if unaddressed.
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