What is coral bleaching?
2009
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Coral bleaching occurs when corals get too hot. Bleached corals are essentially sick corals and although they can recover, if temperatures are too warm for too long, the corals will die. Coral bleaching and in some cases death, is an impact of climate change.
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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville
Other Subjects
Great barrier reef (qld.)-climate; Climatic changes; Effects on the reef; Reef ecosystems and species
Language
English
Format
application/octet-stream, application/pdf
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Copyright Commonwealth of Australia. This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without the prior written permission of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
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Multimedia
2024-04-24
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