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The consequences of global warming are putting coral reefs under stress, particularly during the El Nino global phenomenon, Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
The consequences of global warming are putting coral reefs under stress, particularly during the El Nino global phenomenon, Mayotte
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Bleaching episode due to El Nino 2024 on the fringing reef at Handréma Point, Mayotte.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Bleaching episode due to El Nino 2024 on the fringing reef at Handréma Point, Mayotte.
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Bleaching episode due to El Nino 2024 on the fringing reef at Handréma Point, Mayotte.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Bleaching episode due to El Nino 2024 on the fringing reef at Handréma Point, Mayotte.
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A coral patch comprising several coral colonies and species that survived the El Nino 2024 phenomenon. As this coral patch is located at shallow
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
A coral patch comprising several coral colonies and species that survived the El Nino 2024 phenomenon. As this coral patch is located at shallow depths, it was severely stressed by the underwater heat waves for several weeks. Mayotte
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Consequences of El Niño 2024. The top photo was taken just before the
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Consequences of El Niño 2024. The top photo was taken just before the bleaching episode at the end of March 2024, while the bottom photo was taken in October 2024.
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Dead coral reef, Portion of coral reef completely destroyed by the El Nino 2024 bleaching event. Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Dead coral reef, Portion of coral reef completely destroyed by the El Nino 2024 bleaching event. Mayotte
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Mayotte reef to be ravaged by El Niño in March-April 2024
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Mayotte reef to be ravaged by El Niño in March-April 2024
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Coral: from living to dead. Photo showing a coral colony going from alive to dead, passing through the bleaching stage. Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Coral: from living to dead. Photo showing a coral colony going from alive to dead, passing through the bleaching stage. Mayotte
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The S-shaped channel post El niño 2024. A photo of the S-shaped channel taken 6 months after the devastating El niño 2024 phenomenon. Although losses
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
The S-shaped channel post El niño 2024. A photo of the S-shaped channel taken 6 months after the devastating El niño 2024 phenomenon. Although losses were heavy, the reefs of Mayotte have not said their last words, and resilience is already at work. Mayotte
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Before/after comparison of the El Niño phenomenon in April 2024, which
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Before/after comparison of the El Niño phenomenon in April 2024, which destroyed half the coral on surface reefs. Mayotte
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Two photos taken just over a year apart illustrate the impact of
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Two photos taken just over a year apart illustrate the impact of bleaching caused by the hot El Niño 2024 phenomenon. Mayotte
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Coral in great distress after the passage of a heat wave caused by the El niño phenomenon between March and April 2024. Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Coral in great distress after the passage of a heat wave caused by the El niño phenomenon between March and April 2024. Mayotte
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Coral in great distress after the passage of a heat wave caused by the El niño phenomenon between March and April 2024. Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Coral in great distress after the passage of a heat wave caused by the El niño phenomenon between March and April 2024. Mayotte
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Photo before and after the El Niño phenomenon of April 2024 on the reefs
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Photo before and after the El Niño phenomenon of April 2024 on the reefs of the Mayotte lagoon. It can be seen that 50% of the corals perished after the bleaching caused by the hot water column.
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Mayotte reef to be ravaged by El Niño in March-April 2024
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Mayotte reef to be ravaged by El Niño in March-April 2024
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Before/after comparison of the El Niño phenomenon in April 2024, which
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Before/after comparison of the El Niño phenomenon in April 2024, which destroyed half the coral on surface reefs. Mayotte
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A group of fish made up of Striped large-eye bream and Yellowfin goatfish find refuge near a coral that died a few months ago after being affected by
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
A group of fish made up of Striped large-eye bream and Yellowfin goatfish find refuge near a coral that died a few months ago after being affected by the El Niño phenomenon of April 2024. Mayotte
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Gigantic Acropora coral colony completely wiped out by the El
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
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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Dead coral, an example of the devastating El Niño phenomenon, extremely delicate for Mayotte's coral reefs.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Dead coral, an example of the devastating El Niño phenomenon, extremely delicate for Mayotte's coral reefs.
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Acropora coral killed by El Niño 2024 in Mayotte lagoon. Rapidly colonized by algae, the reef's decline is sadly unmistakable.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Acropora coral killed by El Niño 2024 in Mayotte lagoon. Rapidly colonized by algae, the reef's decline is sadly unmistakable.
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Ambiance of the S pass reef taken after the bleaching episode of
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Ambiance of the S pass reef taken after the bleaching episode of the El nino 2024 phenomenon, there was around 50 to 70% mortality. Mayotte
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Ambiance of the S pass reef taken after the bleaching episode of the El nino 2024 phenomenon, there was around 50 to 70% mortality. Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Ambiance of the S pass reef taken after the bleaching episode of the El nino 2024 phenomenon, there was around 50 to 70% mortality. Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Anemone bleached under the sun. The magnificent anemones (Heteractis magnifica) of the S-shaped pass in the sunny Indian Ocean withstood the extreme heat of the El Nino 2024 phenomenon. Mayotte
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Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) hidden in the bleached
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) hidden in the bleached tentacles of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Mayotte, due to the underwater heatwave of 2024 caused by the return of the El Nino phenomenon.
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Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) hidden in the bleached tentacles of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) hidden in the bleached tentacles of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Mayotte
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Blue-green damselfish (Chromis viridis) in a coral colony bleached by the El Nino 2024 phenomenon. If bleaching lasts too long, the coral colony will
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Blue-green damselfish (Chromis viridis) in a coral colony bleached by the El Nino 2024 phenomenon. If bleaching lasts too long, the coral colony will die, taking with it the habitat of these magnificent little tropical fish. Mayotte
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Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) pair hidden in the bleached tentacles expelling their symbiotic alga of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) pair hidden in the bleached tentacles expelling their symbiotic alga of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica) by the extreme temperatures of the El Nino phenomenon 2024, Mayotte
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Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) hidden in the bleached tentacles of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica) expelling its symbiotic
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) hidden in the bleached tentacles of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica) expelling its symbiotic alga by the extreme temperatures of the El Nino phenomenon 2024, Mayotte
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Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) hidden in the bleached tentacles of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica) by the extreme temperatures
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) hidden in the bleached tentacles of a magnificent anemone (Heteractis magnifica) by the extreme temperatures of the El Nino phenomenon 2024, Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Healthy coral reef in Mayotte resists El Nino phenomenon
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Bleaching episode due to El ñno 2024 on Mayotte's northern reef.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Bleaching episode due to El ñno 2024 on Mayotte's northern reef.
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Bleaching episode due to El ñno 2024 on Mayotte's northern reef.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Bleaching episode due to El ñno 2024 on Mayotte's northern reef.
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Bleaching episode due to El Nino 2024 on the fringing reef at Handréma Point, Mayotte.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Bleaching episode due to El Nino 2024 on the fringing reef at Handréma Point, Mayotte.
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Bleaching episode due to El Nino 2024 on the fringing reef at Handréma Point, Mayotte.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Bleaching episode due to El Nino 2024 on the fringing reef at Handréma Point, Mayotte.
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Bleaching episode due to El Nino 2024 on the fringing reef at Handréma Point, Mayotte.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Bleaching episode due to El Nino 2024 on the fringing reef at Handréma Point, Mayotte.
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Coral Bleaching, Papua New Guinea
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Coral branch partially dead after blanching. It is an abnormal increase in water temperature which causes the symbiotic microalgae of the coral
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Coral branch partially dead after blanching. It is an abnormal increase in water temperature which causes the symbiotic microalgae of the coral (zooxanthellae) to start, and thus the colonies' bleaching, Seychelles
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Bleaching of Horn coral in the Seychelles. It is an abnormal increase in water temperature which causes the symbiotic microalgae of the coral
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Bleaching of Horn coral in the Seychelles. It is an abnormal increase in water temperature which causes the symbiotic microalgae of the coral (zooxanthellae) to start, and thus the colonies' bleaching.
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Bleaching of a coral (Pocillopora damicornis), beginning to be covered by algae. This is an abnormal increase in water temperature which causes the
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Bleaching of a coral (Pocillopora damicornis), beginning to be covered by algae. This is an abnormal increase in water temperature which causes the symbiotic microalgae of the coral (the zooxanthellae) to leave, and therefore the bleaching of the colonies. Seychelles
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Bleaching of a coral (Pocillopora damicornis), beginning to be
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Bleaching of a coral (Pocillopora damicornis), beginning to be covered by algae. This is an abnormal increase in water temperature which causes the symbiotic microalgae of the coral (the zooxanthellae) to leave, and therefore the bleaching of the colonies. Seychelles
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Bleached Corals on Reef Top, Felidhu Atoll, Maldives
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Bleached Corals on Reef Top, North Male Atoll, Maldives
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Tunicates settles (Didemnum molle) on bleached Corals,, North Male Atoll, Maldives
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Tunicates settles (Didemnum molle) on bleached Corals,, North Male Atoll, Maldives
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Bleached Corals on Reef Top, North Male Atoll, Maldives
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Single late tulips 'El Nino' in bloom in a garden
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Bleached Corals Cenderawasih Bay West Papua Indonesia
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Bleached Corals Cenderawasih Bay West Papua Indonesia
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Hosta 'El Nino' in pot Garden of Chantal and Alain