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Discover LudwigThe word "coral" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it as a noun to refer to a type of pink or orange marine invertebrate or a type of hard calcium carbonate structure built by such animals, or as an adjective to refer to a color that is reddish pink to yellowish orange. Example sentence: "The coral reef was beautiful, with its vibrant colors and lively sea creatures."
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coral
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A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
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Can we entice you with our Cool Blue Ocean Acidifier with a topping of crumbled reef coral?
Over footage of the reef, the voiceover says: "The Great Barrier Reef has lost almost half its coral cover.
The study did say that storms, starfish attacks and coral bleaching were responsible for the dramatic loss of coral cover on the reef.
The southern islands fringe the Sir Francis Drake Channel, which teems with coral reefs, colourful fish and turtles.
Lamb said some areas showed no coral disease, but on average the reserves had a 1% level of coral disease, "which is quite low".
In their study, three diseases did not show lower levels of prevalence on coral within reserves.
Lamb highlighted two major reef-building coral species in the Caribbean that have been classified as endangered after disease swept across the region and led to coral cover losses of up to 95%.
Environmentalists are concerned that ships navigating reef passageways – many of which are narrower than the English Channel – will run aground, as a Chinese vessel did in 2010, tearing a two-mile gash into the coral and spilling several tonnes of oil.
Film-maker Daniel Stoupin took 150,000 shots to capture some coral growing and a hapless dad wishes he had never picked up the camera when he told his three children the news about a new baby.
Smallest country taking part: Divers on the smallest island nation of the world, Nauru (8.1 square miles) will plunge into their coral reefs for an underwater clean-up.
"There is substantial evidence to indicate that the already degraded coral reefs and seagrasses in the region will be exposed to not only six to seven years of degraded water quality due to the dredging and disposal but also to additional environmental impacts from increasing sea temperatures, cyclones, floodwaters during this time," the executive summary says.
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