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Vanishing Corals: NASA Data Helps Track Coral Reefs
By Angela Colbert, Ph.D.
22 Jun 2023
JPL
In Brief:
Coral reefs, one of the most important ecosystems in the world, are
in a global decline due to climate change. Data from airborne and
satellite missions can fill in the gaps in underwater surveys and
help create a global perspective on the state of ocean reefs.
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[C]oral reefs are disappearing worldwide. We know this through
extensive surveys conducted every decade. "Since 2009, the United
Nations-supported Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network found that 14%
of the corals have disappeared, and things are speeding up," stated Dr.
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, professor of marine studies at the University of
Queensland in Australia.
A special report in 2018 from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) projected that coral reefs would decline by 70-90% if
average global air temperatures warm by 1.5C (2.7F) above
pre-industrial values.
**** REPORTS OUT PAST 24 HRS SAY THIS IS NOW FACT ****
That number jumps to a 99% decline at 2C
(3.6F) of warming. With the planet already warming approximately 1.1C
(2.0F) due to human activities since the end of the 19th century,
these declines in corals could be reached by 2050 or sooner.
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The map shows sea surface temperatures in March 2022 near the northern Great
Barrier Reef, Australia, compared to the average of water temperatures from
2003 to 2014. Red colors mean waters are warmer than normal.
Credit: NASA/Landsat
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