BLEACHED REEFS IN THE PACIFIC

MASS BLEACHING x 2

As we process the horrific news that 25% of the Great Barrier Reef has bleached last week—only about half of which is expected to survive—I feel compelled to share my experience viewing reef in Fiji was similarly heart breaking.

I was excited to dive amongst the rainbow reefs, but instead saw beds & bushels of snow white coral.

In February, in addition to sustaining damage from the cyclone, Fijian coral reefs also experienced mass bleaching as the sea temperature rose to record heights...

NEWSKathryn NelsonMarch 31, 2016The Great Barrier Reef, rising sea temperature, Dead Fish, Coral Bleaching, Mass Bleaching, Fiji, GBR, Fish boiled, Climate change, Coral ReefComment