Photo via NOAA Heat stress on corals is major news lately, with several record-breaking bleachings of late . But scientists are still working to measure the impact of coral bleachings that occurred back in 2005 — a year that caused record losses in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Reports show that over 80% of the corals surveyed that year experienced bleaching, and 40% of them died, making it the most severe bleaching ever recorde… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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2005 Proves Hardest Year on Caribbean Corals…Until 2010?