Cutting-edge incubator for studying coral (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Cutting-edge incubator for studying coral

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Carnegie's Manoela Romanó de Orte and Ken Caldeira led a research team that deployed a cutting-edge incubator to monitor the metabolic activity of coral and algae in an area of Australia's Great Barrier Reef that had been damaged by tropical cyclones. The CISME, or Coral In Situ Metabolism and Energetics, instrument is a small chamber that can be placed directly on the coral surface and allow scientists to monitor coral growth by measuring changes in seawater chemistry.

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Image courtesy of Ken Caldeira.

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