> Bleached coral isn't dead. It has just expelled its symbiotic algae. When the water cools it gets its algae back. Zooxanthellae provide 90% of a coral's ener

> Bleached coral isn't dead. It has just expelled its symbiotic algae. When the water cools it gets its algae back. Zooxanthellae provide 90% of a coral's energy. Bleached coral has a few weeks where recovery is indeed possible, but if stresses last longer than that the coral dies. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/coral-recovery-after-bleaching-event-central-pacific https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/coral-recovery-...