Nutrients make corals more susceptible to bleaching – Oceanographic – Oceanographic Magazine

A new study has found that nutrients can aggravate the already negative impacts of climate change on corals to trigger mass coral bleaching.
Coral reef ecosystems are usually low in naturally occurring nutrients such as phosphorous compounds and nitrogen. However, ocean currents sweeping by can usher in a concentration of nutrients from other areas. Similarly, nutrients from man-made fertilisers and stormwater runoff often enter reef systems from nearby coastlines.
“As the climate warms, mass …

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