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Global Warming’s Toll on Coral Reefs: As if They’re ‘Ravaged by War’
Before we call rockfish, shrimp and crab "dinner," some of these species call coral reefs "home." But those reefs, home to a quarter of all marine fish species, are now increasingly threatened as rising ocean temperatures accelerate a phenomenon known as coral bleaching.
Large-scale coral bleaching events, in which reefs become extremely fragile, were virtually unheard-of before the 1980s. But in the years since, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science, the frequency of coral bleaching has increased to the point that reefs no longer have sufficient recovery time between severe episodes.
