Global coral reefs get less time to recover as oceans heat up, report finds

Mongabay
Sep 25, 2026, 11:48 am87 ptsTrending
The world’s coral reefs are losing both hard coral cover and, just as critically, the time they need to recover between increasingly frequent marine heat waves, according to the most comprehensive global reef assessment yet. Released Aug. 31 by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), the “Status…

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