Sentences with phrase «colorful symbiotic algae»
Bleaching refers to when coral, which has a naturally white underlying structure comprised of calcium carbonate, loses its more colorful symbiotic algae.
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Scientists predict that by 2050 the reef will bleach — lose its colorful symbiotic algae — every year.
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Warm water stresses corals and strips away their symbiotic algae — their main source of food and the reason they're colorful.