Severe and widespread coral reef damage during the 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event

Mark Eakin, C.; F. Heron, Scott; R. Connolly, Sean; A. Devotta, Denise; Liu, Gang; F. Geiger, Erick; L. De La Cour, Jacqueline; M. Gomez, Andrea; J. Skirving, William; H. Baird, Andrew; E. Cantin, Neal; S. Couch, Courtney; D. Donner, Simon; Gilmour, James; Gonzalez-Rivero, Manuel; Gudka, Mishal; B. Harrison, Hugo; Hodgson, Gregor; Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove; S. Hoey, Andrew; O. Hoogenboom, Mia; P. Hughes, Terry; E. Johnson, Meaghan; T. Kerry, James; Kimura, Tadashi; Mihaly, Jennifer; Israel Muñiz-Castillo, Aarón; O. Obura, David; S. Pratchett, Morgan; Rivera-Sosa, Andrea; L. Ross, Claire; Stein, Jennifer; Thompson, Angus; Torda, Gergely; Shay Viehman, T.; S. Walter, Cory; Wilson, Shaun; L. Marsh, Benjamin; L. Spady, Blake; Dyer, Noel; C. Adam, Thomas; Alcolado, Pedro; Alidoostsalimi, Mahsa; Alidoostsalimi, Parisa; Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo; Álvarez-Noriega, Mariana; Ernesto Arias-González, Jesús; D. Bahr, Keisha; Barnes, Peter; Enrique Barraza Sandoval, José; K. Baum, Julia; G. Bauman, Andrew; Beger, Maria; Berry, Kathryn; Bessell-Browne, Pia; Bigot, Lionel; Bonito, Victor; B. Brodnicke, Ole; Burdick, David; E. Burkepile, Deron; J. Burt, April; A. Burt, John; R. Butler, Ian; M. Caldwell, Jamie; Chancerelle, Yannick; Allen Chen, Chaolun; Cherh, Kah-Leng; J. Childress, Michael; J. Coker, Darren; Costa, Bryan; Coward, Georgia; James C. Crabbe, M.; Dallison, Thomas; Dalton, Steven; M. DeCarlo, Thomas; Drury, Crawford; Drysdale, Ian; B. Edwards, Clinton; Eggertsen, Linda; Elma, Eylem; S. Ennis, Rosmin; D. Evans, Richard; Eyal, Gal; Fenner, Douglas; Figueroa-Zavala, Baruch; Fisch, Jay; D. Fox, Michael; Gadoutsis, Elena; Gilbert, Antoine; R. Halford, Andrew; Heintz, Tom; Hewlett, James; A. Hobbs, Jean-Paul; C. Hoot, Whitney; Houk, Peter; Johnston, Lyza; A. Johnston, Michelle; Kayanne, Hajime; V. Kennedy, Emma; Kenji Papa de Kikuchi, Ruy; Kloiber, Ulrike; Koike, Haruko; Lindsey Kramer, K.; Kuo, Chao-Yang; Lang, Judith; Lawrence, Alice; Leadbeater, Abigail; M. A. N. Leão, Zelinda; Nie Lee, Jen; Lewis, Cynthia; Lirman, Diego; Ortigara Longo, Guilherme; MacDonald, Chancey; Mallela, Jennie; Mangubhai, Sangeeta; Marques da Silva, Isabel; Mason-Parker, Christophe; McDonough, Vanessa; McField, Melanie; Mello, Thayná; Miternique-Agathe, Celine; Madi, Mouchtadi; Moldzio, Stephan; A. Monroe, Alison; Montefalcone, Monica; S. Moses, Kevin; G. Mostafavi, Pargol; Leão de Moura, Rodrigo; S. Munasinghe, Chathurika; Mwaura, Jelvas; Nakamura, Takashi; Nicet, Jean-Benoit; F. Nuttall, Marissa; D. M. Oliveira, Marilia; A. Oxenford, Hazel; M. Pandolfi, John; Patankar, Vardhan; Perez, Denise; Perera, Nishan; Prabuning, Derta; Precht, William; Diraviya Raj, K.; D. Reimer, James; E. Richardson, Laura; Rotjan, Randi; Ryan, Nicole; Salm, Rod; A. Sandin, Stuart; Schopmeyer, Stephanie; Shedrawi, George; Reza Shokri, Mohammad; E. Smith, Jennifer; Smith, Kylie; R. Smith, Struan; B. Smith, Tyler; Sommer, Brigitte; Soto, Melina; Suckoo, Richard; Sykes, Helen; Anderson Tagarino, Kelley; Teoh, Marianne; Quang Thai, Minh; Chong Toh, Tai; Tredinnick, Alex; Tso, Alex; Tyley, Harriet; M. Ussi, Ali; Vargas-Angel, Bernardo; Vaterlaus, Christian; J. A. Vermeij, Mark; Tuan Vo, Si; R. Voolstra, Christian; Boo Wee, Hin; A. Weiler, Bradley; E. Williams, Dana; A. S. Yahya, Saleh; Yeemin, Thamasak; Ziegler, Maren; P. Manzello, Derek

doi:10.1038/s41467-025-67506-w

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Severe and widespread coral reef damage during the 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event

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C. Mark Eakin

Scott F. Heron

Sean R. Connolly

Abstract

Abstract Ocean warming is increasing the frequency, extent, and severity of tropical-coral bleaching and mortality. During 2014–2017, marine heatwaves caused the Third Global Coral Bleaching Event. We analyze data from 15,066 reef surveys globally during 2014–2017. Across all surveyed reefs, 80% and...

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