Coral reef monitor adds new alert levels to keep up with soaring ocean temperatures
Ocean temperatures are rising so dramatically that the organization that monitors threats to coral reefs worldwide has added three new alert categories.
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![This photo taken on November 5, 2023 shows recreational divers swimming past bleached corals in the waters of Raja Ampat Regency in east Indonesia's West Papua region. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images) A snorkeler swims near a partially bleached coral reef surrounded by small striped fish.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7103832.1706914000!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1795906860.jpg)
Ocean temperatures are rising so dramatically that the organization that monitors threats to coral reefs worldwide has added three new alert categories.