NOAA Warns World’s Coral on Verge of ‘Worst Bleaching Event in History of the Planet’

Driven by sustained climate-fueled oceanic heating, the planet is on the brink of another mass coral bleaching event that marine biologists warn could kill large swaths of tropical reefs including significant areas of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Scientists are sounding the alarm following months of record ocean temperatures exacerbated by the planetary emergency and the…