Most of the coral in Japan's largest coral reef are dead, and the rest are dying

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Most of the coral in Japan's largest coral reef are dead, and the rest are dying
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Japan has reported an alarming rate of death in its largest coral reef.*

The environment ministry says that 70 percent of the coral (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/11/national/science-health/70-coral-okinawas-sekiseishoko-area-dead-survey-shows/#.WHb9KbZ96u6) at Sekiseishoko, off Okinawa, is dead.

SEE ALSO: Biggest die-off of corals ever recorded on Great Barrier Reef (http://mashable.com/2016/11/29/coral-die-off-great-barrier-reef/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


91.4 percent of the coral in the largest reef in the **rthern Hemisphere has also been bleached due to warm temperatures — meaning they're vulnerable and very likely to die, as well.

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Photo taken Sept. 12, 2016 from a drone shows Japan's largest coral reef, Sekiseishoko, between Ishigaki and Iriomote islands in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa.

Image: Kyodo/AP Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/japan-largest-coral-reef-dead-seikiseishoko/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


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