Bleached Reef (IMAGE)

Rice University

Bleached Reef

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A section of the Great Barrier Reef off the east coast of Australia underwent bleaching in early 2011. Researchers found that a viral outbreak coincided with the bleaching.

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A.M.S. Correa/Rice University

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