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Coral Grief
CORAL GRIEF: Global warming isn't just affecting cold areas. Coral reefs are found mainly in warm waters. Tiny animals called coral polyps build the reefs. But if the water gets too warm, the polyps can die. That's already starting to happen at the Great Barrier Reef, Earth's largest coral reef.

Photograph by Gary Bell, Oceanwideimages
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