Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Hurricanes in 2017 did not greatly damage corals, but reefs were already in trouble

Hurricanes in 2017 did not greatly damage corals, but reefs were already in trouble

A colony of the coral Orbicella annularis with encroaching algae, 10 months after Hurricane Irma. Scientists find that decades of degradation created ‘resistant’ coral reefs
More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297559&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1


This is an NSF Discoveries item.

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