Climate change will lead to deformed and virus-hit coral reefs

Bleaching events triggered by CO2 emissions will make oceans acidic and hostile for coral growth, new studies say

Coral will become deformed and increasingly fall victim to outbreaks of herpes-like viruses as humans continue to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to two new studies.

Combined, the two effects suggest coral reefs will have trouble recovering from bleaching events, like the the world is currently experiencing.