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Corals

In Our Time: Science

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Coral Bleaching - The Real Threat to Reefs

By the end of this century, all corarefs on our planet will be exposed to bleaching and duced temperature stress every year. The total area of coral reefs is only about twice the area of the british rain forests. So if they disappeared, that would have a deleterious effect on us humans? I think we tend to disregard that because you can't see them most of the time.

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