{"id":14166,"date":"2020-03-09T14:21:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T08:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14166"},"modified":"2020-03-09T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T08:51:15","slug":"explainedcoral-bleaching-and-great-barrier-reef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explainedcoral-bleaching-and-great-barrier-reef\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained:Coral bleaching and Great Barrier Reef"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Scientists have warned that the Great Barrier Reef will face a critical period of heat stress over the coming weeks following the widespread coral bleaching.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Great Barrier Reef:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Great Barrier Reef is the world\u2019s largest and longest coral reef system. located in Australia.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It is a World Heritage Area since 1981 (the world\u2019s first reef ecosystem to be recognised by UNESCO)<\/li><li>It is home to 400 types of coral, 1500 species of fish and 4000 types of molluscs.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Coral Reef:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Coral polyps are small (0.25-12 inches), soft-bodied marine organisms which belong to the group cnidaria.<\/li><li>They live in colonies called reefs that they build using a limestone skeleton (calicle) lying at their base.<\/li><li>In India, coral reefs are located in seven regions namely Goa coast, Kerala coast, Palk Bay, Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Mannar, Lakshadweep islands and Andaman and Nicobar islands.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Coral Bleaching:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>When water is too warm, corals will expel the algae (zooxanthellae) living in their tissues causing the coral to turn completely white. This is called coral bleaching.<\/li><li>However,when a coral bleaches,it is not dead.Corals can survive a bleaching event but they are under more stress and are subject to mortality.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/BWdfOd0JUVvu6MAErtgaXeqQ4r6BIdym6fz2-XN1v85YTHryoyYoZZvKrQIEH09WnxhFdgArlHQ3Cmi3iVIT09LjK6HFVOksoQaGhNByWV5ARZYzemvvzDnMs8B6L9ymzVsyD9hz\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Scientists have warned that the Great Barrier Reef will face a critical period of heat stress over the coming weeks following the widespread coral bleaching. Facts: About Great Barrier Reef: Great Barrier Reef is the world\u2019s largest and longest coral reef system. located in Australia.&nbsp; It is a World Heritage Area since 1981 (the world\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explainedcoral-bleaching-and-great-barrier-reef\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained:Coral bleaching and Great Barrier Reef<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[425,4659],"class_list":["post-14166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-coral-bleaching","tag-great-barrier-reef","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}