More than 84 per cent of the world’s coral reefs have been affected by extreme heat stress in what has now become the most widespread coral bleaching event on record, scientists confirmed on Tuesday.
The mass bleaching, which began in early 2023, has impacted reefs in at least 83 countries and territories, including biodiversity hotspots like Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and reefs across the South Pacific and Southeast Asia.
