Some corals are more resilient against coral bleaching than others. By monitoring coral reefs in the West Philippine Sea from 2022 to 2025, researchers from the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) found that the effects of coral bleaching are site-specific, a news release said. In Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan, and Iba, Zambales, researchers found that 60 percent to 77 percent of hard corals were bleached, most to a severe degree. In Lobo, Batangas and Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, bleaching was milder with affected 20 percent to 43 percent of the corals affected.

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