Heat Stress Is Hitting Caribbean Reefs Earlier Than Ever This Year NYT: Science By: Catrin Einhorn 16 May 2024 at 16:27 Scientists in the United States are reporting “unprecedented patterns” of surface warming, an ominous sign for coral. © Jorge Silva/ReutersBleached corals off Brazil this week. The world is currently experiencing a global coral bleaching event, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing NYT: Science By: Catrin Einhorn 30 April 2024 at 14:48 An effort to protect 30 percent of land and waters would count some commercial fishing zones as conserved areas. © Karsten Moran for The New York TimesThe primary driver of biodiversity declines in the ocean, according to researchers, is overfishing.
Land Under B.L.M. Management to Get New Protections NYT: Science By: Catrin Einhorn 18 April 2024 at 14:32 The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas. © Jemal Countess/Getty ImagesInterior Secretary Deb Haaland in 2021. She said the new rule announced on Thursday “helps restore balance to our public lands.”
Scientists Predict Most Extensive Coral Bleaching Event on Record NYT: Science By: Catrin Einhorn 15 April 2024 at 14:05 Rising sea temperatures around the planet have caused a bleaching event that is expected to be the most extensive on record. © Renata Ferrari/AIMS, via ReutersBleached coral off the Keppel Islands, Australia, at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, last month.
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