Measuring damaged coral. Close-up of a ruler being used by divers recording the amount of damage to corals on a reef. Photographed in the Indian Ocean

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Measuring damaged coral. Close-up of a ruler being used by divers recording the amount of damage to corals on a reef. Photographed in the Indian Ocean in the Maldives.

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Photo credit: © ALEXANDER SEMENOV/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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