New Wave of Bleaching Hits Coral Reefs Worldwide

WASHINGTON, DC, October 29, 2002 - Scientists are linking to climate change over 430 cases of coral bleaching documented by a researchers so far this year. The majority of bleaching records have come from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia with others from reefs in countries including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Palau, Maldives, Tanzania, Seychelles, Belize, Ecuador and off the Florida coast of the United States.

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Keywords: BLEACHING, CLIMATE CHANGE, CORAL REEFS

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Related Topics: Coral Reefs, Climate Change

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