Bright Spots Within Coral Reefs Suggest They Could Ultimately Be Saved
Man - made mood modification has many victims , butcoral reefs – bastion of oceanic biodiversity – are among the most visually prominent . progressively acidic and warming waters are get them tobleach , whereupon the colour drain away from them as their symbiotic algae are expelled . Without this mutualism , the coral loses its major source of food and becomeshighly susceptible to disease . This aquatic apocalypse can be see all across the world , but theGreat Barrier Reefsums it up best : 93 percent of it is bleached , and 50 percent of it is either dead or dying ....