Brazil braces for worst coral bleaching ever
Japaratinga, Brazil Reuters Brazil is bracing for what may be its worst-ever coral bleaching event as extremely warm waters damage reefs in the country’s largest marine reserve – threatening the region’s tourism and fishing revenues. With the world’s corals now suffering a fourth mass bleaching event in three decades, some had hoped Brazil’s reefs would […]
Ocean temperature hit record high in February 2024, EU scientists say
London, UK Reuters Ocean temperatures hit a record high in February, with the average global sea surface temperature at 21.06 degrees Celsius, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. February’s average sea surface temperature surpassed the previous record of 20.98 degrees Celsius set in August, 2023, in a dataset that goes back […]