Monthly Archives: March 2016

Update: The Islands of Kiribati in the Danger Zone

Hello and welcome back to my blog about the global bleaching event in the Islands of Kiribati! While it is difficult to determine the exact changes in the abiotic and biotic factors that are surrounding the Islands of Kiribati, some … Continue reading

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Losing the Pristine: Coral Bleaching strikes in North Great Barrier Reef

Unfortunately, the predictions raised in my blog post last month about the fate of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in response to the ongoing mass global bleaching event have come true. Throughout March, coral reefs located on the far north … Continue reading

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American Samoan Reefs Hold on for Now, but Worst is Yet to Come

In 2015, reefs in American Samoa saw the worst of that year’s bleaching in February [1]. In 2016, they seem to be holding on. Last time we looked at how the natural resilience of American Samoa’s corals are helping stave … Continue reading

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Extreme sea temperatures worry scientists – Hawaiian corals untouched so far

In a previous post I discussed one of the largest threats facing Hawaiian reefs: coral bleaching (Figure 1). I failed, however, to go into detail about what bleaching has occurred in the past year, and what is expected to occur … Continue reading

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Bouncing Back After Bleaching?

Widespread bleaching has not yet affected the Seychelles in what is now a devastatingly long world bleaching event. The Seychelles is currently under a bleaching warning, but factors have not become extreme enough to issue an alert level 1 or … Continue reading

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Corals in the Keys: Safe… For Now

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently announced that the longest global coral bleaching event on record is going to get even longer [1]. For the past 21 months, tropical waters throughout the globe have experienced above average temperatures … Continue reading

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What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger: Galapagos reef recovery.

Hello again! I really hope corals have started to “grow” on you guys too. Corals have had it rough over the years but in the words of Gloria Gaynor, “[they] will survive.” The Galapagos sits at the intersection of five … Continue reading

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Have the reefs off Kenya dodged a bullet?

Where are these reefs again? Well folks, where we left off last time the reefs off the coast of Kenya were at a huge risk of the highest severity level of bleaching predicted between the months of February and March … Continue reading

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Marshall Islands Coral Bleaching Update

In an earlier post, I mentioned that the Marshall Islands are currently undergoing their worst bleaching event in recorded history.  Thanks to the recent observations and data of a group of scientists working in the Marshall Islands, I can now … Continue reading

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Update on Abrolhos Marine National Park: will it bleach? That is the question

The third global Coral Bleaching event is still out there, and is already the longest event of the type in history (1). It has affected multiple reef areas causing enormous damage is many (e. g. 2), and might still cause … Continue reading

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