Northwestern University News Highlights Longest global coral bleaching event ever recorded is happening now Rich with life, coral reefs are ‘rain forests of the sea’ Huge historical data sets used to understand mass bleaching of reefs  Livelihoods of 500 million people rely on healthy coral reefs Index provides valuable new tool to conservationists and park managers  ()  () Using Data to Protect Coral Reefs from Climate Change First-ever ‘global index’ of vulnerable corals provides tool to combat world crisis text size April 13, 2016 | As the world experiences the longest global coral bleaching event ever recorded, Northwestern researchers have developed a “global index” detailing which of the world’s coral species are most susceptible to bleaching and most likely to die. This provides a v
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