... conservation priority. Coral reefs around the world are being destroyed at a faster rate than they can recover, therefore putting them in great danger. One of the largest causes of the destruction of the reefs is global warming, which has been increasing the temperature of the ocean water resulting in coral bleaching. Human-induced climate change has already led to substantial changes in a variety ... It is a stress condition that involves a breakdown of the symbiotic relationship between corals and unicellular algae called zooxantheallae. Zooxanthellae are photosynthetic, and have a symb...

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... reefs their apparent color. When bleaching takes place, the zooxanthellae is expelled by the reef, which makes the reef look white, like it has been bleached. Bleaching occurs when the coral reef feels as if it "under stress", the most common "stress" a coral can face is the rising of the water temperature although, there are a number of biotic and abiotic ... the oceans where the temperature rises. In 1992 there was a study conducted by artificial intelligence to mock the process of coral bleaching so scientist could further study this. These investigations have come to the conclusions...

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