coral reef

In a new report, the Aims researchers found the 2024-25 season was the "most severe coral bleaching on record" for WA coral reefs across both the northwestern and central reefs.

Leck said some coral reefs around the world are already beyond recovery, warning the Great Barrier Reef could suffer the same fate without ambitious and rapid climate action.

While there are some ingredients in suntan lotions - like oxybenzone - that can cause environmental damage to coral reefs, there is not evidence to suggest it poses a risk to humans, Dr McCann says.

It's all part of the fourth global bleaching event, which experts say has affected more than 80% of the world's coral reefs.

In their enveloping blueness, dotted with colorful fish and coral reefs, the undersea scenes are, in fact, quite meditative.