Here’s an unfortunate statistic from the island nation – more than 90% of shallow coral reefs in the Maldives died when El Niño, a climatic phenomenon, raised sea temperatures by 4°C in 1998. The higher than usual temperatures have been coming back to the Maldives ever since leaving no time for the coral reefs to regrow and heal themselves.
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