Global warming is affecting coral reefs:\ because high temperature stress may cause coral bleaching because

CO_(2)

is mixed into the water from the atmosphere, thus increasing the

pH

of the water, which tends to dissolve

CaCO_(2)

because it causes increased high tides and lower low tides because higher temperatures slows the growth rate of benthic seaweed

Global warming is affecting coral reefs: because high temperature stress may cause coral bleaching because CO2 is mixed into the water from the atmosphere, thus increasing the pH of the water, which tends to dissolve CaCO2 because it causes increased high tides and lower low tides because higher temperatures slows the growth rate of benthic seaweed Global warming is affecting coral reefs: because high temperature stress may cause coral bleaching because CO2 is mixed into the water from the atmosphere, thus increasing the pH of the water, which tends to dissolve CaCO2 because it causes increased high tides and lower low tides because higher temperatures slows the growth rate of benthic seaweed