Bleached coral at Scott Reef, Australia (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Bleached coral at Scott Reef, Australia

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As marine heatwaves become more commonplace, coral reefs are expelling their microscopic and colorful algae and bleaching white. Scott Reef, Australia, April 2016.

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Australian Institute of Marine Science

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