Coral reefs around the globe experienced a mass bleaching event in the past year as the ocean continues to heat, according to new research. Mass bleaching has been reported in coral reefs in at least 53 countries and territories in the Northern and Southern hemispheres since early 2023, researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) said in a statement Monday. Coral bleaching occurs when corals are stressed by changes in conditions — like temperature, light or nutrients — and expel the algae living in their tissues. This causes the corals to turn completely white. The impacted reefs include those in
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