@...@On Thursday, scientists said Coral reefs have been suffering an extreme underwater heat wave for the third time on record in 2015// It includes a strange warm patch in the Pacific called *The Blob*// They said the session of record high temperatures in parts of the oceans fueled by climate change will probably kill over 12,000 sq kms of reefs, or nearly 5% of the global total//
@...@According to the experts, including the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, similar alerts regarding damage to reefs had been issued only in 2010 and 1998, both of which were extremely hot years// Corals are nurseries for a lot of species of fish// They provide livelihoods for millions of people//
@...@While talking to Reuters, Mark Eakin, coordinator at NOAA*s Coral Reef Watch, said this is the third time that the world has had a global bleaching event// He said that experts would have spotted such huge damage to reefs many years ago when monitoring was less thorough//