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RSS FeedsThe Great Barrier Reef has been bleaching for at least 400 years, but it`s getting worse
(WorldNews Environment)

 
 

16 august 2018 16:45:42

 
The Great Barrier Reef has been bleaching for at least 400 years, but it`s getting worse
(WorldNews Environment)
 


acro_phuket / shutterstock Australia´s Great Barrier Reef made headlines in 2016 for all the wrong reasons. Part of the world´s largest coral reef had been turned almost white by warm seas and other stressors. The shocking sight drew worldwide attention to the process of coral `bleaching`. Bleaching occurs when water temperatures and other stressors are too extreme and disrupt the symbiotic relationship between the coral and the single-celled colourful algae which live inside them, causing the algae to be expelled and the white coral skeleton to become visible. Coral - technically an animal not a plant - can survive bleaching,...


 
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