Researchers say coral analysis shows recent extreme temperatures would not have happened without greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels
White coral at the Great Barrier Reef in 2024 after a mass bleaching event, one of many in recent years.White coral at the Great Barrier Reef in 2024 after a mass bleaching event, one of many in recent years.are now the hottest in at least 400 years and are an “existential threat” to the planet’s unique natural wonder, according to new scientific research.
For the new study, scientists built a record of temperatures for the peak three-month January to March period for heat for all years from 1618 onwards. The five other warmest years, in addition to 2024, were 2004, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2022. Mass bleaching events were declared in five of those six hottest years.
Mass coral bleaching over large areas, first noticed in the 1980s around the Caribbean, is caused by rising ocean temperatures.
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