World’s largest coral discovered and it’s longer than a blue whale
At 111 feet wide, 104 feet long, 18 feet high, and 600 feet around this stunning organism in the southwest Pacific Ocean is the world’s largest known coral that was discovered by accident. It is a conglomerate of individual creatures called coral polyps that have grown over 300 years.
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Maybe coral reefs aren’t doomed after all, new research finds.A two-year experiment found that coral reefs could endure in heated water better than expected—with one huge caveat.
(right) Close-up view of individual coral polyps releasing egg-sperm bundles during spawning (image: Mariana Rocha de Souza ...
Coral larvae assimilate more nitrogen and trade it to their algae symbionts for glucose under elevated temperatures ...
Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic ...
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