Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

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Summary

The distinctive geographic footprints of recurrent bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in 1998, 2002 and 2016 were determined by the spatial pattern of sea temperatures in each year, suggesting that local protection of reefs affords little or no resistance to extreme heat.

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2017-03-16
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Keywords

Coral bleaching, Reef, Effects of global warming on oceans, Environmental science, Oceanography

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