Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – A staggering 90% of the coral reef surrounding the Marietas Islands has perished due to an unprecedented increase in sea temperatures, primarily driven by the El Niño phenomenon in 2023. The alarming findings were reported by Amílcar Cupul, a researcher at the Marine Ecology Laboratory of the Centro Universitario de la Costa, part of the University of Guadalajara.
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