Gigantic Acropora coral colony completely wiped out by the El niño 2024 phenomenon, which decimated over 50% of Mayotte's surface corals.

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Shooting date : 2024-09-21

Keywords

Environment / Hazard / Climate change / Global warming / Dead coral

Area / Marine area / Sea / Tropical sea

World sea and ocean / Indian Ocean / Mozambique Channel

September

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Cnidaria / Anthozoan / Coral / Hexacoral / Madreporaria / Scleractinia / Hard coral / Horn coral / Branching coral / Staghorn Coral (Acropora sp)

Species / Species particularity / Fishes particularity / Saltwater fish / Coral reef fish

Science / Meteorology / Climate

Enumeration / Group / School fish

Africa / Comoro Islands / Mayotte

Science / Meteorology / Meteorological phenomenon / El Nino

Shot / Overview

Motion / Locomotion / Swim

Behavior / Death

Earth's crust / Landform / Lagoon

Area / Marine area / Reef / Coral reef

Area / Marine area / Sea bottom

Environment / Destruction of biodiversity / Species destruction

Environment / Destruction of biodiversity / Destruction of the environment

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Radiata / Cnidaria / Anthozoa / Zoantharia / Scleractinia / Acroporidae / Acropora

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