Hawaii prepares plan to help coral recover from bleaching

KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii officials on Thursday proposed a series of steps to fight coral bleaching that’s threatening the state’s reefs, including new marine protected areas, limits on fishing and controlling polluted runoff from land. Hawaii’s ocean temperatures have been rising as greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have increased, forcing corals to expel algae … Continue reading →

Bleaching kills third of coral in Great Barrier Reef’s north

SYDNEY (AP) — Mass bleaching has killed more than a third of the coral in the northern and central parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, though corals to the south have escaped with little damage, scientists said on Monday, May 30. Researchers who conducted months of aerial and underwater surveys of the 2,300-kilometer (1,400-mile) reef … Continue reading →