Reef bleaching five times more frequent now than in the 1980s, study finds

Mongabay
Jan 4, 2018, 2:30 pm216 pts
Coral bleaching has accelerated to a clip at which established reefs can no longer keep up, reports a team of scientists Thursday in the journal Science. Severe bleaching can blot out the color of huge sections of reefs and lead to the death of the constituent corals, destabilizing entire ecosystems. It’s a…

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