What is coral bleaching
and how does it impacts
 organisms on Earth?
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      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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                        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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                                                                    are doing
                                                                        doing to
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                                                                   help solve
                                                                        solve this
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