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'Coral zombies' may spell doom for coral reefs around world

2016-06-22 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Scientists have known for a while that coral reefs around the world are dying, and in a worst-case scenario they were counting on large, healthy-looking corals to repopulate. But a new study presented at the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium in Honolulu today shows that these seemingly healthy colonies are "Coral Zombies" with no reproductive ability, which makes them useless in a recovery effort. "It's pretty discouraging," said University of Central Florida biologist John E. Fauth,...

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