bleached coral

a colony of antler coral, Pocillopora grandis (formerly P. eydouxi ), has some branches that are dead, some that are lightly bleached, and others that are bleached only at the tips; it has also lost a number of branches that have already fallen off; it still provides shelter for butterflyfish, hawkfish, and yellow tangs; Kohanaiki, North Kona, Hawaii ( the Big Island ), USA ( Central Pacific Ocean ); greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide contribute to coral death through both ocean warming ( climate change ) and ocean acidification

Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / Doug Perrine

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