Sentence examples for bleaching from inspiring English sources

Another study published in the journal Nature Climate Change found if greenhouse gas emissions continued on the current business-as-usual track then by the year 2040 corals in northern parts of the reef would be bleaching every year.

To date, the GBR has lost fewer corals to bleaching and diseases than many other regions in the world, but bleaching mortality will almost certainly increase in the GBR, given the upward trend in temperatures... Without significant changes to the rates of disturbance and coral growth, coral cover in the central and southern regions of the GBR is likely to decline to 5 10% by 2022.

That growth smothers young coral and probably, though Dr Ruppert cannot prove it in this particular case, makes it harder for reefs to recover from cyclones and bleaching.

Should their taxes go towards capping and bleaching the teeth of youngsters who rather fancy the perfectly even, blue-white look As for advising on prevention, which is probably the most important part of modern dentistry, there is a problem.

In the absence of the crown-of-thorns, Dr De'ath reckons the coral coverage would grow by 0.89% a year, despite pressures imposed by bleaching and cyclones.

Reefs in the Coral Triangle are plagued by the same environmental problems faced by coral reefs worldwide, including overfishing, pollution, ocean acidification, thermal stress from rising ocean water temperatures, bleaching, damage from storms and ships that pass over them, and blast damage from explosives used in fishing.

If further colour removal is desired, the fat may be treated with various bleaching agents.

Finishing processes include preparatory treatments used before additional treatment, such as bleaching prior to dyeing; treatments, such as glazing, to enhance appearance; sizing, affecting touch; and treatments adding properties to enhance performance, such as preshrinking.

A phenomenon known as bleaching caused extensive devastation among coral reefs in the east Pacific since the early 1980s and in the Caribbean since the mid- to late 1980s.

The beginnings of practical and industrial uses of sulfur are credited to the Egyptians, who used sulfur dioxide for bleaching cotton as early as 1600 bce.

Bleaching powder, a solid combination of chlorine and slaked lime, introduced in 1799 by the Scottish chemist Charles Tennant, was thereafter produced in large quantity to bleach cloth and paper.