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- What are corals? - ICRI
What are coral reefs? Hard corals extract abundant calcium from surrounding seawater and use this to create a hardened structure for protection and growth Coral reefs are therefore created by millions of tiny polyps forming large carbonate structures, and are the basis of a framework and home for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of other species Coral reefs are the largest living
- 84% of the world’s coral reefs impacted in the most intense global . . .
New 5-km Coral Bleaching Products - Higher spatial resolution is the improvement to NOAA Coral Reef Watch remote-sensing products most requested by coral reef ecosystem scientists and resource managers NOAA Coral Reef Watch and its partners have developed a new experimental daily global 5 km coral bleaching thermal stress monitoring product suite, now available on the Coral Reef Watch web
- Coral reef events at UNOC3 - ICRI
As the International Coral Reef Initiative, coral reefs must remain top of the agenda at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference Recognising the continuation of the 4th Global Bleaching Event – the most widespread and severe bleaching event on record – coral reefs must be given a voice To aid in the continued advocacy #ForCoral, this page provides an overview of coral reef events occurring
- Over 40% of coral species face extinction – IUCN Red List
Forty-four per cent of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (TM) reveals following a global assessment announced today at the ongoing COP29 UN climate conference in Azerbaijan
- The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event | ICRI
Networks such as the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, an operational network of ICRI, and the US Coral Reef Task Force, provide mechanisms for reporting on the impact of bleaching on the World’s coral reefs, alongside regional bleaching observation networks “Long-term data on of coral reef condition can put events like this into context
- New Indonesia Coral Bond - ICRI
New 5-km Coral Bleaching Products - Higher spatial resolution is the improvement to NOAA Coral Reef Watch remote-sensing products most requested by coral reef ecosystem scientists and resource managers NOAA Coral Reef Watch and its partners have developed a new experimental daily global 5 km coral bleaching thermal stress monitoring product suite, now available on the Coral Reef Watch web
- CORAL REEF RESTORATION - International Coral Reef Initiative
Coral reef restoration is increasingly advocated for as a management strategy to combat dramatic declines in coral health and cover globally It is also increasingly suggested as a mechanism to help countries deliver on national and international commitments under various multilateral environmental agreements
- Coral reefs of the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India - Decadal changes . . .
The recently released report, Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India: Decadal Changes in Status and Management Paradigms, by ICRI Member, Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI), and the Tamil Nadu government, provides an in-depth analysis of two decades of changes in the Gulf of Mannar’s coral reefs This region, recognized for its ecological and economic
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