Ocean temperatures that have gone "crazy haywire" hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It's so bad that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes to cool things off. More than three-fifths — 62.9 percent— of the world's coral reefs are badly hurting from a bleaching event that began last year and is continuing. That's nearing the record of 65.7 percent in 2017, when from 2009 to 2017 about one-seventh of the world's coral died, said Derek Manzello, coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coral Reef Watch Program.

Borenstein, S. (2024, May 19). Experts say coral reef bleaching near record level globally because of 'crazy' ocean heat. Manila Bulletin, p. 9.