Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
The phrase 'off the charts' is no exaggeration in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest warning about a global coral bleaching event that scientists have linked to rising ocean temperatures and heat stress.Derek Manzello, coordinator of NOAA 's Coral Reef Watch Program, told reporters Thursday that about 60.
'I hate that I have to keep using that word 'unprecedented,'' Manzello told The New York Times. 'But, again, we are seeing unprecedented patterns again this year.'The bleaching that took place last year resulted in coral mortality of at least 50% and as high as 93% in reefs off the coast of Huatulco, Mexico, according to a team of Mexican scientists.
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