Caribbean Inventory News Today

While Virgin Islands National Park might seem idyllic from above water, beneath the surface of the Caribbean Sea the once vibrant coral reefs rimming the park have been impacted by a bleaching caused by abnormally high ocean temperatures and by a disease that combined could have devastating consequences.

The pace of warming oceans is pointing to "a global mass coral bleaching and mortality event over the next 12 to 24 months," with much of the damage being done to coral reefs within national parks in the Caribbean.