Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world's colorful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white. Scientists say that this has amounted to the fourth global bleaching event in the last three decades.

Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event

Corals in the Great Barrier Reef could become target of mass bleaching

Coral Reefs, also known as "the rain forests of the seas", represent the diverse underwater ecosystems. Scientists estimate that they support the existence about 25 per cent of all marine species. But worldwide, coral reefs themselves face existential threat due to rising ocean temperatures and climate change events. A UN-backed report released this week recommended that the Great Barrier Reef, world's largest coral reef system on Australian coast, must be added to the list of heritage sites that are "in danger". Vidhi Bubna, founder of Coral Warriors — India's first-ever diving grant — told WION that Indian do not get the opportunities to go underwater in order to realise the harsh reality of what's happening to the coral reefs and aquatic life that they support. Every year, Vidhi-led 'Coral Warriors' sponsors a number of young Indians to go into the oceans and come back to spearhead a specific climate change-related awareness programme for a year.

'We need to rethink our role on planet if corals cannot be saved'

June 8, 2022, World Oceans Day: Saving the lungs of our planet

A US based company is promoting marine protection in creative ways. The Florida-based aquariums of coral morphologic is using its labs to produce colourful films with coral reefs. This is in a bid to raise awareness about how much climate change is impacting them.

Coral Morphologic promotes marine protection using art

Coral reefs that anchor wild marine animals are on the verge of extinction even if global warming is cupped within Paris climate goals. This is a stark reality of the climate change which has been published in the latest report, according to the study an average increase of 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels would see more than 99 of the world's coral reefs unable to recover.

World can lose 99% of corals by 2030

Today the world is observing World Environment day and millions are posting on social media about saving the planet and this year's theme is "Time for Nature". Watch report.

World Environment Day: The great barrier reef turns 'white'

Warm seas around the Great Barrier Reef have killed two-thirds of a 700-km stretch of coral in the past nine months

Biggest-ever coral die-off recorded at Great Barrier Reef

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