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Properly managed coral reefs can yield an average of 15 tons of fish and other seafood per square kilometer each year. Photo: Blue-lined snappers, Polynesia. Credit: Thomas Vignaud.
Coral reefs are home to more than 25% of all known marine fish species. Photo: Glassy sweepers, Polynesia. Credit: Thomas Vignaud.
Image from the Google Earth™ tool showing the decade in which reef locations begin to experience bleaching conditions every year, assuming global greenhouse gas emissions continue rising at the current rate.
Image from the Google Earth™ tool showing how much corals’ ability to form skeletons (calcification) would be reduced before annual bleaching conditions set in, assuming global greenhouse gas emissions continue rising at the current rate. Locations farther from the equator are more impacted by ocean acidification because annual bleaching begins later.