<![CDATA[Algae-coated dead coral on the first dive of the Spring 2016 expedition to Christmas Island's south reef. In this view, only one small coral is still alive: a half-bleached, half-dead Porites colony in the lower left. Credit: Kim Cobb.]]>

560381 image 1470747218 1475895364 <![CDATA[Algae-coated dead coral on the first dive of the Spring 2016 expedition to Christmas Island's south reef. In this view, only one small coral is still alive: a half-bleached, half-dead Porites colony in the lower left. Credit: Kim Cobb.]]> 1278