are bleaching
- present progressive of bleach.
Example Sentences
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As ocean temperatures rise to historic levels for July — a buoy in the shallow Florida Bay recently registered 101.1 degrees at the surface — corals are bleaching along Florida’s fragile 350-mile-long barrier reef.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Tourism and fishing industries depend on thriving habitats off the coasts of Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula, but coral reefs are bleaching due to “warming ocean waters interacting with non-climate stressors.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Corals are bleaching, forests are burning, and marine heatwaves are killing swaths of species.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 28, 2022
Corals are bleaching more often, fish are migrating into new areas, and some fisheries are starting to decline.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 3, 2022
The ashes of many camp fires are seen, and the bones of numbers of cattle are bleaching on the grass.
From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley
