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Fish swim next to a coral reef at Cayo de Agua in archipelago Los Roques, Venezuela. 30 August, 2008

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Coral on Moore Reef is visible in Gunggandji Sea Country off coast of Queensland in eastern Australia.

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Trees stripped of their leaves and branches by the high winds of Hurricane Irma surround the historic Fort Christian on St. Thomas, USVI, September 2017.

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Scientists have discovered evidence of coral reef bleaching, occurring at depths exceeding 90 metres below the surface of the Indian Ocean.

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A tail of a humpback whale breaks the water in Niue.

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The Mediterranean Sea reached its highest temperature on record on July 25, Spanish researchers said.

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A section of the Great Barrier Reef above Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off coast of Queensland in eastern Australia.

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Wounded ex-soldiers are helping to restore a coral reef in Key West, Florida, USA.

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Scientist and lecturer Syafyudin Yusuf, 54, shows coral, with a local resident, in the waters of Badi Island.

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Ocean Calls. Episode 16.

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The red decorator crab could be a secret weapon in the fight against crown of thorns starfish.

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The Great Barrier Reef may one day be 'rewilded' using pioneering cryogenics techniques

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