What is coral bleaching? | Newsround special: Fiji on the climate change frontline

Fiji is home to the most extensive coral reef in the South Pacific Ocean and plays a really important role in the country's tourism trade.
As well as providing jobs it is also an important part of the ecosystem, protects the islands from coastal erosion, and is home to fish and marine life which are a source of food for people living there.
Warming seas are damaging the reef and recent coral bleaching events caused a huge amount of damage.
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