One Tree Island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

One Tree Island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef

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This is a coral reef flat (study site) at One Tree Island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The studies conducted here represent the first in situ ocean acidification experiment of a natural coral reef community, providing evidence that near-future ocean acidification projections severely depressed coral reef growth.

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Photograph is courtesy of Aaron Takeo Ninokawa of UC Davis.

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