Vibrant Corals off Fiji (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Vibrant Corals off Fiji

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At a lively reef where fishing is banned, corals thrive, and fish eat seaweed that would otherwise vastly outcompete and endanger the corals. Fisheries regulations appear to protect reefs and may buy some insurance against mass coral death in ocean warming events. But even protected reefs die off if their waters get too hot too long.

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Georgia Tech / Hay lab

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