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Bleached mountainous star coral at Hen and Chickens Sanctuary

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
A diver peeks from behind a badly bleached coral in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in October 2015
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A diver peeks from behind a badly bleached coral in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in October 2015. Coral bleaching events caused by abnormally warm ocean temperatures continue to regularly claim the lives of coral populations around the globe. 

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