Coral bleaching: The expulsion of symbiotic zooxanthellae algae from coral when water temperatures rise, turning coral white and potentially killing it.
How to apply it: Apply coral bleaching to explain how warming oceans have caused mass bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef.
Course: AP Environmental Science · Unit: Global Change
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