Fish swim among Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Fish swim among Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

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Fish swim among Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. In the past 30 years, coral bleaching caused by ocean warming has contributed to a 19% loss of the world’s coral reef area.

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Credit: Konrad Hughen/©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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