The Western Pacific Warm Pool (IMAGE)

National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

The Western Pacific Warm Pool

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The Western Pacific Warm Pool, which lies northeast of Australia, contains some of the warmest ocean waters in the world. Water temperatures in the warm pool have risen less than elsewhere in the tropics, which may explain why reefs there have experienced less coral bleaching.

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Illustration by Steve Deyo, ©UCAR

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