Study confirms coral decline as Barbados acts to protect coastline

<a href="https://barbadostoday.bb/2026/09/03/study-confirms-coral-decline-as-barbados-acts-to-protect-coastline/" title="Study confirms coral decline as Barbados acts to protect coastline" rel="nofollow"><img width="738" height="586" src="https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Professor-Robin-Mahon.-FP.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Professor-Robin-Mahon.-FP.png 738w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Professor-Robin-Mahon.-FP-300x238.png 300w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Professor-Robin-Mahon.-FP-585x465.png 585w" sizes="(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px" /></a><p>After 40 years of decline, coral reefs numbers in Barbados and the Caribbean are under serious pressure. Now, a new global assessment warns that decades of coral reef decay are&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://barbadostoday.bb/2026/09/03/study-confirms-coral-decline-as-barbados-acts-to-protect-coastline/">Study confirms coral decline as Barbados acts to protect coastline</a> appeared first on <a href="https://barbadostoday.bb">Barbados Today</a>.</p>