Climate Change: 80% of Corals Have Bleached, 50% Are Dead

The state of coral reefs is now close to collapse due to the pressures of climate change. The Minister of Agro-Industry, Arvin Boolell, emphasized that corals, among the most productive and diverse marine ecosystems in the world, are experiencing unprecedented bleaching events in both intensity and frequency, primarily caused by the ongoing rise in marine temperatures.

Since the first major global bleaching event in 1998, which...