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Coral reefs have helped control Earth’s climate for 250 million years

For more than a quarter billion years, coral reefs did far more than brighten shallow seas. Long before humans appeared, ...
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Why coral reefs are key to a healthy planet

" These incredible structures are built by tiny animals called polyps that secrete calcium carbonate to form their hard skeletons. They occur in more than 100 countries and territories, and whilst ...
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Coral reef collapse drives world across first climate tipping point

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ...
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This often-overlooked sea creature may be quietly protecting the planet's coral reefs

Over the years, Cody Clements, a marine ecologist at Georgia Tech, has planted over 10,000 coral fragments across the South Pacific. "You can just break off a branch from a coral, plant it into the ...

An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive

Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really ...
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This often-overlooked sea creature may be quietly protecting the planet's coral reefs

The pickle-shaped bottom feeders may reduce the amount of microbes on the seafloor that could potentially sicken coral, scientists suggest This often-overlooked sea creature may be quietly protecting ...
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This often-overlooked sea creature may be quietly protecting the planet's coral reefs

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