Coral Bleaching Increase
The rate and magnitude of climate disruption on coral reefs is already testing the ability of organisms to adapt, leading to increased risk of extinction, biodiversity loss, and the compromising of ecosystem services. Ecosystems depend upon biodiversity to be healthy and to ensure protection against disruption and disaster. As ocean temperature increases, only the most resilient species, are able to thrive in a warmer climate.
Read MoreApr 7, 2020 | Washington Post
Great Barrier Reef suffers its most widespread mass bleaching event on record
Apr 1, 2020 | The Guardian
Climate crisis may have pushed world's tropical coral reefs to tipping point of 'near-annual' bleaching
Mar 23, 2020 | The Guardian
Great Barrier Reef watchers anxiously await evidence of coral bleaching from aerial surveys
Feb 25, 2016 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Coral Reef Heat Bleaching
Jul 29, 2019 | Frontiers in Marine Science
Severe Continental-Scale Impacts of Climate Change Are Happening Now: Extreme Climate Events Impact Marine Habitat Forming Communities Along 45% of Australia’s Coast
Aug 15, 2018 | Nature
Marine heatwaves under global warming
Jul 5, 2018 | Climate Council
Lethal Consequences: Climate Change Impacts on the Great Barrier Reef
Earth Systems Signals
Global warming is causing widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere.
Heat Signals
The Earth is getting hotter due to human activities that release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
Drought Signals
Climate change is making droughts more likely to occur, and more severe when they do.
Wildfires Signals
Climate change is increasing the size, frequency, intensity and seasonality of wildfires.
Hurricanes Signals
Warmer temperatures increase the rate of water evaporation, which feeds moisture and energy into storms.
Floods Signals
Worsening floods due to climate change are putting a growing number of communities at risk.