NOAA: Global coral bleaching may be slowing.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has said global coral bleaching may be slowing, foreign media reported.
experts also warned that the global coral bleaching is the largest, longest on record, and possibly the most harmful.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experts reportedly said satellite data and other analysis showed that large-scale coral bleaching was no longer occurring in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean basins, "suggesting that this global coral bleaching event is likely to be over."
scientists say they will closely monitor sea surface temperatures and coral bleaching over the next six months to confirm the end of bleaching.
since 2015, more than 75 percent of the world's corals face persistent high temperatures that could lead to bleaching.
, coral reefs in the United States have been hardest hit, with corals in Florida and Hawaii seeing severe bleaching for the second year in a row.
, rising sea temperatures also caused bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef for the second year in a row.
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