The reason for its disappearance is that the water that poured into it has been diverted. ... In other cases they have bleached due to higher temperatures vanished the tiny organisms that live in symbiosis with the corals and give them their color. ... This excess methane gas carries more water vapor into the atmosphere and condenses at much higher altitudes than the sun will strike. ... Such is the example given on California, where big amounts of water are being used to irrigate crops. ...

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