Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 30 minutes ago

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With the help of new tools, including high-powered underwater microscopes and photogrammetry equipment, scientists are gaining unprecedented insights into a process that is changing both the face and function of our planet’s coral reefs: coral bleaching. This scientific visualization takes you inside the tissues of a stressed coral for a close-up look at what we know today about the process of coral bleaching.

Originally published on biographic.com: bit.ly/2KWgnJF

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