More #CoralsWeek news to share: An outbreak of coral bleaching—the loss of corals’ food-producing algae—in the Pacific and the Caribbean occurred this past summer, most likely tied to a brewing El Niño. The reefs of the Florida Keys observed their worst bleaching impacts since 1997-1999, when a major El Niño was quickly followed by a major La Niña. The surprising intensity of bleaching across multiple ocean basins in 2014 has scientists wondering what to expect in 2015, when El Niño is forecasted to finally develop. More: climate.gov/news-features/featured-images/2014-surprisingly-rough-coral-reefs-and-el-ni%C3%B1o-looms-2015
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:05:15 +0000