Coral reefs: the window to recover between bleachings

The GCRMN report of August 2026 showed that reefs now get five to six years between global bleaching waves instead of decades. We are tracking whether another wave is confirmed and what the next survey shows.

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The article that started it

Koralové útesy majú na zotavenie päť až šesť rokov. Mnohé koraly za ten čas ledva stihnú dospieť

Najrozsiahlejšia inventúra koralových útesov v histórii stojí na 21,1 milióna pozorovaní. Ukázala, že medzi bieliacimi vlnami zostáva útesom čoraz…

1.9.2026

What we are still watching

Another large-scale bleaching event was confirmed after the wave of 2023 and 2024.
The next GCRMN survey showed global hard coral cover below 27.3%.
The two regions that grew in the report held on to that growth in the next survey.

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Coral reefs: the window to recover between bleachings

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