Professor Hoegh-Guldberg has blamed water pollution, over-fishing, increased ocean acidification and rising temperatures.
豪厄格 -古尔伯格教授认为水质污染，过度捕捞，海洋酸化和温度上升是主要原因。
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Just as increased carbon in the atmosphere triggers effects that change the climate, increased carbon in the atmosphere - when absorbed by the oceans - triggers acidification in the water.
如同大气中的碳气体增加引发气候变化的因素一样——当它们被海水吸收后同样引起海水的酸化。
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Rising ocean temperatures, water pollution, ocean acidification and cyclones continually pummel the reef and have caused mass coral bleaching.