coral bleaching Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:17:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Coral Reefs Threatened by Irreversible Massive Loss Due to Accelerating Coral Bleaching https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coral-reefs-loss-coral-bleaching-20180116/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coral-reefs-loss-coral-bleaching-20180116/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:17:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=65062 About twenty-five percent of all marine fish species reside in coral reefs, according to The Nature Conservancy; and about 500 million people are estimated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to be dependent on coral reefs for livelihoods. Hence, the death of coral reefs due to coral bleaching would largely affect […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coral-reefs-loss-coral-bleaching-20180116/feed/ 0 65062 Great Barrier Reef Not “In Danger” – For Now https://www.greenoptimistic.com/great-barrier-reef-climate/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/great-barrier-reef-climate/#respond Sat, 30 May 2015 19:39:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55047   Despite being one of the most vulnerable ecosystems in the world and squarely in the firing line with climate change, UNESCO experts decided not to label the Great Barrier Reef “in danger”. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee report on the health of the Reef still paints a stark future for the World Heritage Area. […]

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