) to the map location where you observed coral bleaching.When you report coral bleaching in your area, you're helping environmental organizations, research scientists, policymakers in Hawaii, and engaged community members like yourself. For the first time ever, community members in Hawaii are putting together large-scale efforts to respond to coral bleaching in real-time and to limit damage to our reefs.
Coral bleaching is an extremely complex process, and to make reporting more straightforward we simplified it down to three categories. Light bleaching represents areas where some corals look pale but are not bleach-white, medium bleaching categorizes areas where small portions of corals are bleach-white, and severe bleaching is used to describe large areas with bleach-white corals.
