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Data acquired February - March 2016 720 x 540 JPEG
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Data acquired November 2015 - February 2016 720 x 395 JPEG
Two years of record global temperatures and a potent El Niño have led to extensive damage to coral reefs around the world, including the Great Barrier Reef.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using multi-satellite microwave sea surface temperature data from Remote Sensing Systems. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.
Published May 19, 2016 Data acquired October 2015 - March 2016