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Strengthening El Niño narrows coral reef recovery windows
Original: As El Niño strengthens, coral reefs face narrow windows for recovery
Scientists warn that a strengthening El Niño is raising ocean temperatures and cutting the time coral reefs need to recover between bleaching events. With heat stress becoming more frequent, reefs are getting narrower windows to regrow, raising concerns about long-term damage to marine ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.
Why now: El Niño conditions are intensifying, renewing fears of mass coral bleaching
Evidence
- As El Niño strengthens, coral reefs face narrow windows for recovery · Mongabay India
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