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 Major Coral Bleaching Event Expands Across Caribbean Author: NOAA News Source: NOAA Title: MAJOR CORAL BLEACHING EVENT EXPANDS ACROSS CARIBBEAN   NOAA reports that a major coral bleaching event is underway in the Caribbean and may result in significant coral death in much of the region. Currently, the bleaching is centered in waters adjacent to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Reports of bleaching have come in from the Florida Keys and Texas' Flower Garden Banks in the north, to Tobago and Barbados in the southern Antilles, to Panama and Costa Rica in the westWarnings of the onset of this event were first reported by the NOAA Coral Reef Watch Satellite Bleaching Alert monitoring system. Bleaching was first seen in late August in the Florida Keys and has now spread throughout much of the eastern Caribbean. Coral bleaching is associated with a variety of stresses, including increased sea surface temperatures. This causes the coral to expel symbiotic micro-algae living in their tissues—algae that provide corals with food. Losing their algae leaves coral tissues devoid of color, and thus appearing to be bleached. Prolonged coral bleaching (over a week) can lead to coral death and the subsequent loss of coral reef habitats for a range of marine life. | |
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| Already, It's Beginning. | Oct 26th. at 9:15:16 pm EDT |
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me Not only would life in the sea suffer, but the shoreline would face eventual erosion if the reefs erode away in time. Those reefs prevent a lot of heavy wave action during storms and tides. |
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