Coral health before and after heat stress (IMAGE)

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Coral health before and after heat stress

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Extensive coral mortality occurred at Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Kiribati, illustrated by images from before record heat stress in July 2015 (above) and after record heat stress in July 2017 (below).

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Kieran Cox, Kristina Tietjen

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