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A Map of Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

Caption: The number of weeks that ocean temperature exceeded its long-term weekly average by more than one degree Celsius between 1999 and 2004. Anomalously warm conditions like these can cause outbreaks of the coral disease white syndrome, contributing to reef decline.

Credit: Elizabeth Selig

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