Lizard Island coral research (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Lizard Island coral research

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The research team, led by Carnegie's Manoela Romanó de Orte and Ken Caldeira, worked in areas of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia's Lizard Island National Park that were damaged by tropical cyclones in 2014 and 2015, after which algae grew over the dead coral, disrupting scientists' ability to accurately gauge the reef's health.

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Image courtesy of Image courtesy of Ken Caldeira.

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