inside the polyps live phytoplanki tn, producing am aminoacids.hese amino acids are absorbed by the nutrients. calcium within seawater, calcium carbonate skeleton. the slow growing coral is very sensitive to changes in its environment. ♪ this satellite image shows the seabed around boracay island. the island is in the middle. the coral areas are shown in pink. dr. fortes has paid keen attention to the change of coral in the sea off white beach. by following the changes occurring since 1988, the decline is very easy to see. ♪ analysis shows that the amount of coral in the sea off white beach has decreased by 40% over the past 2 decades. between the beach and the coral, there is also an increasing area shown here in brown where the coral has died and simply left behind its crumbled skeleton. dr. fortes has been analyzing aerial photographs. they show that in certain areas, the coral has vanished all together. >> the area, 1988, you have huge coral not just here, some there, and there. but look, in 2007, that pa disappeared. >> this is dinowa, an are

inside the polyps live phytoplanki tn, producing am aminoacids.hese amino acids are absorbed by the nutrients. calcium within seawater, calcium carbonate skeleton. the slow growing coral is very sensitive to changes in its environment. ♪ this satellite image shows the seabed around boracay island. the island is in the middle. the coral areas are shown in pink. dr. fortes has paid keen attention to the change of coral in the sea off white beach. by following the changes occurring since 1988, the decline is very easy to see. ♪ analysis shows that the amount of coral in the sea off white beach has decreased by 40% over the past 2 decades. between the beach and the coral, there is also an increasing area shown here in brown where the coral has died and simply left behind its crumbled skeleton. dr. fortes has been analyzing aerial photographs. they show that in certain areas, the coral has vanished all together. >> the area, 1988, you have huge coral not just here, some there, and there. but look, in 2007, that pa disappeared. >> this is dinowa, an are