As noaa explains, “When corals are stressed by changes in conditions such as temperature, light, or nutrients, they expel the symbiotic algae living in their tissues, causing them to turn completely white.” 🤒 Climate change is real bad news for corals, because it's changing ocean 🌊 temperatures, changing the patterns of currents, and leading to more and worse storms ⚡ "Without reefs, millions of marine species will suffer or die," ✍️ wrote Esther Jung (13, New York) who created the 2020 Ocean Awareness Contest Distinguished Honorable Mention piece above ☝️ "In this piece, I used the pointillism technique to show the corals fading away into nonexistence towards the top." She added, "By changing small things in our daily routines we can unite and help prevent the endangerment of these sea creatures." · · · #OceanAwarenessContest #2020OceanAwarenessContest #artivism #NationalOceanMonth #coralbleaching #protectourreefs #climatechange #climatecrisis #pointillism #penandink #penandinkd...