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| credit: ©International Coral Reef Information Network/Jeff Dawson |
| Living coral: red and yellow sea fan (Acabria sp.), Borneo, Malaysia |
| Coral reefs are threatened by pollution, destructive fishing practices, coastal development, careless tourism and climate change. Ocean warming is extremely dangerous to coral organisms, which are very sensitive to changes in temperature. Increased water temperatures, which may be linked to global warming, can cause mass coral bleaching. Dissolved carbon dioxide also damages corals. read more |
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