short note on bleaching of coral reefs
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Answer:When water is too warm, corals will expel the algae living in their tissues causing the coral to turn completely white. This is called coral bleaching. When a coral bleaches, it is not dead. ...
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Coral bleaching, whitening of coral that results from the loss of a coral's symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) or the degradation of the algae's photosynthetic pigment. Bleaching is associated with the devastation of coral reefs, which are home to approximately 25 percent of all marine species.
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