coral bleaching endangers fish

In the state of Queensland, Australia, corals have lost their color and are abnormally white. The seabed of the Great Barrier Reef, in the northeast of the country, once again looks like a cemetery. Nearly 80% of corals have already bleached due to rising water temperatures. Corals provide shelter and food for the 1,600 species of fish that inhabit the Great Barrier Reef.

Florida corals also affected

“A lot of fish depend on corals, so if we lose them, we also lose the fish. That means the loss of the entire ecosystem”, warns Andrew Hoey, marine ecologist at James Cook University (Australia). Coral bleaching not only affects Australia, but also most of the world’s coral reefs, such as those in Florida, United States.