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An increase of what causes the bleaching of the coral reefs?(1 point)
Responses

temperature
temperature

pH
pH

evaporation
evaporation

salinity
salinity

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Temperature — an increase in water temperature causes coral bleaching by stressing corals and causing them to expel their symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae).