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Thats right. its our first line of defence. so, whats damaging the coral reefs? unsustainable development, thats a big problem. climate change issues with, um...coral bleaching. a bleaching event is when the coral dies en masse due to unusually—warm sea temperatures. one of the biggest ones was the first one in 1998, which affected about more than 90% of our coral. and we did get a lot of recovery, but then, er...these events are getting more and more frequent. so we had one in 2010 and then w...

Aya is a marine biologist at the maldives coral institute. shes taking me to see one of their coral projects that they hope may offer a solution in maintaining the health of these lifegiving reefs. so for the maldives, all our islands are protected by coral. if you can see, like, where the waves are breaking, sometimes, youll get really big waves coming in. but it all gets dissipated by that whole layer of coral that you see there. by the time it reaches the shore, its really low impact, and its...

Thats a big problem. climate change issues with, um...coral bleaching. a bleaching event is when the coral dies en masse due to unusually—warm sea temperatures. one of the biggest ones was the first one in 1998, which affected about more than 90% of our coral. and we did get a lot of recovery, but then, er...these events are getting more and more frequent. so we had one in 2010 and then we had another one 2015—16, and now were bracing ourselves for another event. but amid this bleaching onsl...

Are protected by coral. if you can see, like, where the waves are breaking, sometimes, youll get really big waves coming in. but it all gets dissipated by that whole layer of coral that you see there. by the time it reaches the shore, its really low impact, and its not going to erode the beach so much. so, the coral reef is an important natural barrier to stop the erosion of the beaches? thats right. its our first line of defence. so, whats damaging the coral reefs? unsustainable development, th...

So, whats damaging the coral reefs? unsustainable development, thats a big problem. climate change issues with, um...coral bleaching. a bleaching event is when the coral dies en masse due to unusually—warm sea temperatures. one of the biggest ones was the first one in 1998, which affected about more than 90% of our coral. and we did get a lot of recovery, but then, er...these events are getting more and more frequent. so we had one in 2010 and then we had another one 2015—16, and now were br...

Corals depend on algae to survive in an era when the world’s marine habitat is being endangered by worsening climatic conditions.

Bleaching and climate change because of the depth. because the bleaching is really a reaction to a high temperature, but also to high light, because this coral metre is further down, you dont have the stress from the light and density. evenif from the light and density. even if they have been stressed, it was not enough to induce bleaching or coral mortality. and really when you dive underneath you cannot find any mortality of coral. so that really means that even in french lanitza, bacchin 2019...

In Lakshadweep, an unspoken crisis calls into question the fevered dreams of development The people of the archipelago are facing the very real possibility of becoming the first internally displaced climate refugees in India. An hour ago Kavaratti Atoll is home to an extraordinary diversity of creatures that together determines the resilience of the system. | Rohan Arthur / Mongabay India Beneath the current crisis that is brewing in the Lakshadweep, there is another un...

Lifeless brown. look at the before and after contrast of coral gone from healthy to bleached. dr. nancy noten, a coral reef biologist with the smithsonian museum of natural history says the coral is basically suffering from heat stroke. >> its happening with climate change is the baseline temperature is getting warmer and warmer. so, any little increase in temperature caused by local weather conditions than adds on top of the global warming and then kicks off this bleaching event. the global war...

That relationship to become toxic. >> reporter: his team released footage of barren expansions of coral bleached bone white and in some cases turning a drab lifeless brown. look at the before and after contrast of coral gone from healthy to bleached. dr. nancy knowlton, a coral reeve -- reef says its suffering from heat stroke. >> whats happening is the baseline temperature is getting warmer and warmer and any increase in temperature caused by local weather conditions and adds on top of the glob...