Warm sea surface temperatures cause corals — Stock Photo, Image

Warm sea surface temperatures cause corals — Photo

Warm sea surface temperatures cause corals in the western Pacific to begin to bleach. Bleaching occurs when symbiotic algae, known as zooxanthellae, are expelled from coral tissue.

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