The rising temperature of the world's oceans has become a major threat to coral reefs globally as the severity and frequency of mass coral bleaching and mortality events increase. In 2005, high ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean resulted in the most severe bleaching event ever recorded in the basin.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/caribbean-corals-crisis-record-thermal-stress-bleaching-and-mortality-2005
[2] http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObjectAttachment.action;jsessionid=9E28FD97670178FA7717B2FDB7FA3625.ambra01?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0013969&representation=PDF
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/c-mark-eakin
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jessica-morgan
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/scott-f-heron-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/corals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/caribbean-sea
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-atlantic-ocean
