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Isolated Coral Reefs Can Heal Themselves
2013-04-04 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Coral reefs may be more independent and resilient than previously thought. New research shows that an isolated reef off the northwest coast of Australia that was severely damaged by a period of warming in 1998 has regenerated in a very short time to become nearly as healthy as it was before. What surprises scientists, though, is that the reef regenerated by itself, found a study published today (April 4) in the journal Science. Until now, scientists have thought that damaged reefs depend on...
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