What is coral bleaching
and how does it impacts
organisms on Earth?
By: Cally
Coral
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bleaching is
when corals
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Climate
Climate change
change is
is the
the
lose their
main
main cause
cause to
to coral
coral
colours and
bleaching.
bleaching. A
A warming
warming
turn white.
ocean
ocean creates
creates thermal
thermal
3 stress
stress which
which increase
increase the
bleaching
bleaching process
the
process of
of
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corals.
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code to see how
many coral reefs
have been Coral
Coral reefs
reefs support
support
bleached many
many ecosystems
ecosystems on
on the
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the
planet,
planet, meaning
meaning that
that
when
when coral
coral reefs
reefs
Coral
Coral bleacing
bleacing impacts
impacts
collapse,
collapse, the
the organisms
organisms
people's
people's livelihoods,
livelihoods, food
food
in
in the
the ecosystems
ecosystems may
may
security,
security, safety,
safety, income
income from
from
go
go extinct.
extinct.
reef
reef tourism.
tourism. Bleached
Bleached corals
corals
also
also create
create the
the overfishing
overfishing
crisis,
crisis, and
and make
make the
the "barriers"
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"barriers"
for
for human
human less
less effective
effective and
and
more
more delicate.
delicate.
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scientists
deforestation, and use
are
are doing
doing to
to
renewable energy. help
help solve
solve this
this 7
issue
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