coral bleaching
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Eerie Time-Lapse Footage Shows Exactly How Australia’s Coral Self-Destructs
Earlier this year, record warm ocean waters triggered a massive coral die off in the Great Barrier Reef, prompting a flurry of scientific research into the underlying cause. Now, for the first time, biologists have captured the process of coral bleaching as it happens, showing us how corals kill themselves in gory scientific detail.
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El Niño Is Killing Earth’s Coral Reefs
As if that binge-drinking Godzilla El Niño hadn’t caused enough trouble, scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say it’s exacerbating the longest coral bleaching event in history. It began in 2014 and might not end for two more years.
