January 28, 2014

Coral Can Thrive In Acidified Seawater


Some coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean can not only survive but thrive in waters that have high levels of acidification, according to a Texas A&M University researcher.

Oceanographer Katie Shamberger and colleagues from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) examined coral reefs around the islands of Palau in the western Pacific Ocean.  Her findings have been published in Geophysical Research Letters, a publication of the American Geophysical Union.