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Recent Examples of coral reef
Snorkelers have colonies of coral reefs teeming with tropical fish to explore.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Days can be spent visiting Buddhist temples, swimming beneath waterfalls, and hopping on boats to snorkel around colorful coral reefs.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025
In the Northwest Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, invasive lionfish, native to Asia and Australia, have spread, preying on native fish essential to coral reefs.
—Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2025
In April 2024, as the oceans started simmering, 77 percent of the world’s coral reefs became imperiled in the most extensive bleaching event on record, threatening the livelihoods of a billion people and a quarter of marine life.
—Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / Grist, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Days can be spent visiting Buddhist temples, swimming beneath waterfalls, and hopping on boats to snorkel around colorful coral reefs.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025
In the Northwest Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, invasive lionfish, native to Asia and Australia, have spread, preying on native fish essential to coral reefs.
—Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2025
In April 2024, as the oceans started simmering, 77 percent of the world’s coral reefs became imperiled in the most extensive bleaching event on record, threatening the livelihoods of a billion people and a quarter of marine life.
—Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / Grist, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Coral reef.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coral%20reef. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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