Context The Great Barrier Reef is in the grip of a mass coral bleaching event driven by rising global temperatures. About Coral reefs Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of colonial marine invertebrates called coral. The …
Coral reefs Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of colonial marine invertebrates called coral. Corals are animals, even though they may exhibit some of the characteristics of plants and are often mistaken for rocks. In scientific …