Coral Bleaching Disturbs Structure Of Fish Communities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028132106.htm

There is no longer any shadow of a doubt about the impact of global warming on coral reefs. A rise of a few degrees in sea surface temperature induces the expulsion of essential microscopic algae...

Healthy and dead parts of the same coral. There is no longer any shadow of a doubt about the impact of global warming on coral reefs. A rise of a few degrees in sea surface temperature induces the expulsion of essential microscopic algae which live in symbiosis with the coral. (Credit: iStockphoto)