Background The rising temperature of the world's oceans has become a major threat to coral
reefs globally as the severity and frequency of mass coral bleaching and mortality events …

Coral bleaching is a stress‐related response that can be triggered by elevated sea surface
temperatures (SST). Recent increases in the frequency of coral bleaching have led to …

In late summer 2005 a mass coral bleaching event occurred in the Caribbean. Here we
quantify coral bleaching in Barbados at six sites on the island's sheltered west and exposed …

The global coral bleaching event of 2014–2017 resulted from the latest in a series of heat
stress events that have increased in intensity. We assessed global-and basin-scale …

The most extreme coral bleaching and mortality event to hit the Wider Caribbean (including
Atlantic) coral reefs occurred in 2005. This was during the warmest year ever recorded …

Widespread coral bleaching and subsequent mortality have been clearly linked to elevated
sea surface temperatures. As ocean temperatures continue to increase in relation to the …

Background Coral reefs face increasing pressures particularly when on the edge of their
distributions. The Houtman Abrolhos Islands (Abrolhos) are the southernmost coral reef …

Annual coral bleaching events, which are predicted to occur as early as the next decade in
the Florida Keys, are expected to cause catastrophic coral mortality. Despite this, there is …

Episodes of mass coral bleaching have been reported in recent decades and have raised
concerns about the future of coral reefs on a warming planet. Despite the efforts to enhance …

In 1998, tropical sea surface temperatures were the highest on record, topping off a 50‐year
trend for some tropical oceans. In the same year, coral reefs around the world suffered the …