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Coral Reefs Give the Ocean it's Smell, Fight Global Warming; Study

2013-10-24 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: Coral reefs aren't just spectacular, but they are also the 'smell of the ocean'. A new study has found that coral animals produce a sulfur compound that gives the water body its typical smell and protects them from global warming. This sulfur also influences local cloud formation. The study, conducted by researchers at Australian Institute of Marine Science and colleagues, found that the coral animals produces dimethylsulphoniopropionate, which gives the characteristic oceanic smell. DMSP even...

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