Dr. Jenny Veitch & Ms. Nicole du Plessis in Kenya United Nations Office Nairobi Blue Planet Workshop Ocean 4-7 March 2024. Identifying priorities & requirements in ocean observations & prediction to address challenges of coastal sustainability in Africa UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 @DSI National Research Foundation of South Africa

Focus on GMES, and Africa products and services at Blue Planet UN Environment Programme Ocean and Coastal observation and prediction workshop for policy and decision making

Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffers major coral bleaching reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

📢BLEACHING ALERT📢 Find our latest #coralbleaching alert for the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) in the link below. Bleak forecast as El Niño persists, strong bleaching across WIO coral reefs on the horizon 🪸🪸🪸 cordioea.net/coral-reef-res…

📢 WIO #CORALBLEACHING ALERT📢 The latest: Heat continues to accumulate with a sudden spike off the Kenya/N. Tanzania coast. Severe coral bleaching is likely across most of the region, except in the far south. 🪸🪸🪸 Full report ➡️: cordioea.net/coral-reef-res…

📢 WIO #CORALBLEACHING ALERT 📢 The latest bulletin for 2024 is out. Widespread bleaching reported in Kenya and Tanzania, but little mortality evident. Peak temperatures likely reached, portending reduced risk in the coming weeks. 🪸🪸🪸 Full report ➡️: cordioea.net/coral-reef-res…

🚨FOURTH GLOBAL CORAL BLEACHING EVENT CONFIRMED🚨 Mass #bleaching of #coralreefs confirmed by NOAA and ICRI Secretariat in at least 53 countries and territories. Read our full press release ⬇️: cordioea.net/fourth-global-… #coralbleaching #climatechange #massbleaching2024

Just opened in Cape Town! The 2nd GMES and Africa Continental Workshop for Services to Marine and Coastal areas The workshop aims to promote inter-regional cooperation between consortia, capitalise on successful services, update on the progress of the GMES and Africa programme

Read our summary of the #WIO’s coral bleaching in 2024. Many thanks to the 30-plus contributors from around the region. 🪸🌊🪸 Tough year for WIO #coralreefs, with ~ 80% of them experiencing moderate to severe bleaching. Full report available here: tinyurl.com/4p863rbv

The MarCNOWA & MarCOSIO Consortium is excited to announce a training webinar Series on Earth Observation for Coral reef Resilience Follow the link for more information and registration: opportunities.spaceinafrica.com/webinar-earth-… CORDIO East Africa GMES, and Africa #GMESServices European Commission Regional Marine Centre #uggmes #ugrmc

📢BREAKING: 2024 is officially the hottest year on record - and the first to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. As Copernicus EU reports: Human-driven climate change is the primary cause for this rise in temperatures. 🌡️ Read the full report 🔽 climate.copernicus.eu/global-climate…

#Overconsumption is a key driver of climate change, straining ecosystems, increasing waste and pollution, and fuelling inequality. 🚗🏭💨 Watch David Obura call for change. We must embrace circular economies & support policies that drive #sustainability. youtu.be/jFNJx_eehjU?fe…

🚨WIO CORAL BLEACHING ALERT🚨 High bleaching observed in the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, Mozambique. Very high temperatures at the beginning of the 2025 #coralbleaching season suggest high risk in the coming months. 🌊🪸🌊 Full bulletin ➡️: tinyurl.com/233tu2xu

🌊Lamu County, Kenya, is updating its County Spatial Plan for a sustainable future, and we're proud to have made contributions during the Visioning Workshop held last week!🌊 Our GIS Lead jmbugua made inputs across #climatechange, land sea integration & environment. 🌍🏙️🌊

January 2025 was the warmest January ever recorded. Last month was 1.75°C above the pre-industrial level and 0.79°C above the 1991-2020 average. The persistence of high temp. underscores significant climate trends. Read the full #C3S Climate Bulletins: bit.ly/4hGVBxa

Our latest ENSO blog post is out! Weak La Niña conditions continued in January, but a transition to ENSO-neutral in the near future is likely. climate.gov/news-features/…

📢 Coral Bleaching Alert for the WIO 📢 March 17, 2025 - SSTs in the WIO have remained consistently above average, with anomalies exceeding 2°C in several areas. Risk of severe #coralbleaching across the region still high. Full alert ➡️: cordioea.net/.../indian-oce…

📢Bleaching Alert📢 SSTs in the WIO remain significantly above average, though early signs of a seasonal shift toward the cooler southeast monsoon are emerging. However, the risk of coral bleaching across the region remains elevated. 🪸 Full alert here: cordioea.net/coral-reef-res…

🌊Final 2025 Bleaching Alert for the WIO 📢 Temperatures in decline across the region, marking the end of the bleaching season. Coral bleaching has varied from low to extreme; relief observed in more than half of previously stressed sites. 🪸🪸🪸 More➡️:cordioea.net/coral-reef-res…

‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs. More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible. theguardian.com/environment/ng…