Yes, and I also call BS.
I'm not confused. Algae needs light and nutrients. The cooler the water the more nutrients. So, how does "algae always thrive in warmer conditions." You got some fuzzy math my friend.
Studies have shown that the warm water has caused the loss of lots and lots and lots of coral due to loss of their symbiotic algae. But, the acidification of the ocean causing any loss?
I threw you a softball, this is why it's "easier for algae to grow." It grows on the bleached coral heads on the reefs.
"Ohh ok, so you're a marine biologist that studies reefs for a living, thus giving you authority to state that lower PH is not effecting wild reefs?"
Well, yes. BS in BS, UC Irvine, Class of '85. MS Optics Berkeley '87.
and no, I'm not giving myself any authority at all; complete the opposite I have no idea what an increase in CO2 is doing to wild reefs and nor do you.