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Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
October 14 , 2021
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- The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) has released a report on the status of coral reefs across the world.
- The report, the first of its kind in 13 years, underlined the catastrophic consequences of global warming.
- In the last decade, the world lost about 14 per cent of its coral reefs.
- Coral bleaching events caused by rising in elevated sea surface temperatures (SST) were responsible for the coral loss.
- There has been a steady decrease in hard coral cover.
- Hard coral cover is an indicator of coral reef health.
- Algal bloom on coral ridges are a sign of stress on the structures.
- Since 2010, the amount of algae on the world’s coral reefs has increased by about 20 per cent.
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