Sentences with phrase «severe bleaching episodes»

That small percentage of «cryptic» polyps often survive severe bleaching episodes and then multiply rapidly over the skeletal remains in a process known as the Phoenix effect.

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For each reef, the researchers recorded «severe bleaching» events — where more than 30 % of corals were bleached at the scale of tens to hundreds of kilometres — and «moderate bleaching» episodes — where less than 30 % of corals were affected over the same scale.

Likewise species inhabiting our warmest waters have undergone the fewest episodes of severe coral bleaching.