Tag: coral reefs
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Hope is resilience….
Fiji and Tonga are monitoring and observing a bleaching event. For Vava’u it started in summer of 2024 and has become increasingly extensive in 2026. Corals bleach because they are under stress, these current stresses are attributed to the increased and sustained water temperatures. For the last 6 weeks, it has remained at 34C/93.2F, above…
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An interns insight: Coral bleaching
Blog post by Kirstie Corals are a beautifying agent of the ocean that connects you and me. These marine invertebrates that vary in color accommodates our marine wildlife, although it is mistaken at times as plants but are instead a fascinating marine animal. Corals have a mutually beneficial relationship with a specific type of microscopic…
Vava'u Environmental Protection Association (VEPA) 