Changes of marine life in eastern Japan

Photo taken June 19, 2020, shows a table coral growing on a tetrapod in waters about four meters deep off Kyonan in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan. Table corals that usually grow in warmer waters in southwestern Japan have taken root in the area while seaweed beds that used to be there have disappeared, possibly due to global warming.

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Changes of marine life in eastern Japan

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