Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event, NOAA says
Reuters Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world’s colorful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what scientists said on Monday amounted to the fourth global bleaching event in the last three decades. At least 54 countries and territories have experienced mass bleaching among their reefs since February 2023 […]
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers major coral bleaching
Sydney, Australia Reuters Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been hit by a major coral bleaching event, with the results consistent with patterns of heat stress that have built up over summer at the biologically diverse site, a government agency said on Friday. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), the agency tasked with monitoring […]
World on brink of fourth mass coral reef bleaching event, NOAA says
London, UK Reuters The world is on the verge of a fourth mass coral bleaching event which could see wide swathes of tropical reefs die, including parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said. Marine biologists are on high alert following months of record-breaking ocean heat fuelled by […]
Cuba records hottest month since 1951, straining electric grid
Havana, CubaReuters Cuba in July recorded its hottest month since 1951, officials said, with the soaring temperatures on land and sea straining the country’s decrepit electric grid and pressuring fragile ocean resources. The average temperature in July hit 29.1 degrees Celsius, Cuba’s Meteorological Institute said. The previous record on the Caribbean island, known for its […]
How El Nino could impact the world’s weather in 2023-24
London, UKReuters Countries are racing to prepare for extreme weather later this year as the world tips into an El Nino – a natural climate phenomenon that fuels tropical cyclones in the Pacific and boosts rainfall and flood risk in parts of the Americas and elsewhere. On Thursday, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
June, 2019, was the hottest June on record across the globe – NOAA
Reuters June, 2019, was the hottest June in 140 years, setting a global record, according to the latest monthly global climate report released on Thursday by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The report said the average global temperature in June was 1.71 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average of 59.9 degrees F […]