![This three-panel image shows a boulder star coral in St. Croix, USVI, as it shifted from healthy (May 2023), to bleached (October 2023), to recovered (March 2024), following extreme marine heat stress throughout the Caribbean basin in 2023. (Image credit: NOAA)](https://www.karmactive.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PHOTO-USVI-boulder-coral-recovery-3panel-041523-NOAA-720x480.jpg)
![This three-panel image shows a boulder star coral in St. Croix, USVI, as it shifted from healthy (May 2023), to bleached (October 2023), to recovered (March 2024), following extreme marine heat stress throughout the Caribbean basin in 2023. (Image credit: NOAA)](https://www.karmactive.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PHOTO-USVI-boulder-coral-recovery-3panel-041523-NOAA-720x480.jpg)
Coral Reefs in Crisis: 60% Affected by Bleaching in Record Heat – Is the 4th Global Event the Worst Yet?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on the 16th that over the past year, more than 60% of the world’s coral reefs have been affected by sea surface temperature increases