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Refugia are areas on the reef that are seemingly well resistant to bleaching.

生物避难所是珊瑚礁上那些看起来很耐漂白的地方。

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Corals, which sustain so much of Marine life, are vulnerable to bleaching and even death caused by warmer temperatures.

养育无数海洋生物的珊瑚很容易因温度升高而变白，甚至死亡。

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Softwoods such as pine are traditionally less stable, less durable and more prone to bleaching than their more stoic sisters.

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Environmental awareness has pushed denim laundries to improve techniques for bleaching and coating jeans to give them different looks, Corrente said.

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They attribute the decline to storms, a coral-feeding starfish and bleaching linked to climate change.

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