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Coral reefs can’t recover between bleaching anymore, report says

cleveland.com · 12dShare

Factors such as warming waters and pollution cause the algae that lives on coral — and which is a major food source for the coral — to leave. This leaves the coral food-deprived and susceptible to disease, causing it to turn pale (or “bleached”).

First report: The world’s reefs are disappearing. Coral trafficking is booming — news.mongabay.com, 14d