Several news stories caught our attention this week on how Earth Observation (EO) satellite data is being used to monitor the impacts of climate change: global warming, coral bleaching, and flamingos! Global Warming Last week the European Union’s Copernicus Climate … Continue reading
There have been a couple of interesting documents issued recently regarding the state of our oceans. European Union Copernicus Ocean State Report Last week saw the publication of the 7th edition of the European Union Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR … Continue reading
Mass coral bleaching has occurred on the Great Barrier Reef, for the sixth time, according to the 25th March 2022 update on reef health from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The term mass is used because coral bleaching … Continue reading
Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia was worse than expected last year, and a further decline is expected in 2017 according to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. In a document issued this week they noted … Continue reading
It was announced last week that 93% of the Great Barrier Reef has been hit by coral bleaching due to rising sea temperatures from El Niño and climate change. We first wrote about the third worldwide coral bleaching in October … Continue reading
Coral reefs are currently undergoing their third worldwide bleaching event linked to the El Niño effect in the last 20 years, and scientists fear this one could be the worst. El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño … Continue reading
