Climate-related death of coral around world alarms scientists
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Kim Cobb, a marine scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, expected the coral to be damaged when she plunged into the deep blue waters off Kiritimati Island, a remote atoll near the center of the Pacific Ocean. Still, she was stunned by what she saw as she descended some 30 feet to the rim of a coral outcropping. “The entire reef is covered with a red-brown fuzz,” Dr. Cobb said when she returned to the surface after her recent dive. “It is otherworldly. It is algae that has grown over dead coral. It was devastating.”
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Climate-related death of coral around world alarms scientists. (2016, April 14). Philippine Star, p. B-5.
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Coral; Algae; Degradation; Coral bleaching; El Nino phenomena; Coral reefs; Climatic changes; Polyps; Livelihoods; Biological poisons; Low temperature; Diseases; Coral reef restoration; Frequency; Mortality; Equator; Coral reef conservation; Australia University of Queensland; Australia National Coral Bleaching Task Force; James Cook University of Queensland; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Georgia Institute of Technology; Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies; University of Hawaii at Hilo; Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida; Nature Conservancy; Australia’s Global Change Institute; Cobb, Kim; Marshall, Justin; Hughes, Terry; Johnson, Meaghan; Eakin, C. Mark; Johnston, Lyza; Takabayashi, Misaki; Walter, Cory; Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove
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