A mass bleaching event is unfolding across the Great Barrier Reef, but super small algae is why corals become white. Corals have a complex relationship with a tiny algae, called zooxanthellae, which live inside coral’s tissue. The microalgae give coral most of their energy, as well as their colour. When corals become stressed, the zooxanthellae become toxic to the coral, which respond by expelling the algae from their tissues. The coral’s thin tissue becomes transparent, revealing the white skel
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A mass bleaching event is unfolding across the Great Barrier Reef, but super small algae is why corals become white. Corals have a complex relationship with a tiny algae, called zooxanthellae, which live inside coral’s tissue. The microalgae give coral most of their energy, as well as their colour. When corals become stressed, the zooxanthellae become toxic to the coral, which respond by expelling the algae from their tissues. The coral’s thin tissue becomes transparent, revealing the white skel
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