mass coral bleaching is a new phenomenon and was never observed before the 1980s as global warming ramped up.
mass coral bleaching is a new phenomenon and was never observed before the 1980s as global warming ramped up.
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coral bleaching
according to clive wilkinson of global coral reef monitoring network of townsville, australia, in 1998 the mass bleaching event that occurred in the indian ocean region was due to the rising of sea temperatures by 2°c coupled with the strong el niño event in 1997-1998.