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Corals Face Existential Threat as Super El Niño Heats Oceans

Original: Corals Face an Existential Threat as the Super El Niño Heats Up

Conservation groups warn that the current super El Niño is pushing ocean temperatures to levels that pose an existential threat to coral reefs worldwide. Rising heat stress is expected to trigger widespread bleaching, putting reefs and the marine life that depends on them at serious risk as the climate pattern intensifies.

Why now: The super El Niño is driving record ocean temperatures, raising alarm about mass coral bleaching.

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