Increasingly intense heatwaves 🌡️can cause phase shifts from coral to algae 🪸➡️🌱 !

Dead coral allows algae to gain a foothold and take over !

led by @kkopecky711 @mixotrophe et al , funded: @BioOce @MooreaCoralReef @USLTER https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.4006