A Map of Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A Map of Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

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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.

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Elizabeth Selig

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