Unveiling The Link: Solar Irradiance And Its Role In Coral Bleaching
Solar irradiance, excessive sunlight, triggers high light stress in corals. This stress disrupts the delicate symbiotic relationship between corals and zooxanthellae, their photosynthetic partners. Zooxanthellae produce excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) under high light stress, damaging coral cells and photosynthetic pigments. The loss of pigments, including chlorophyll, results in coral bleaching, a warning sign of…