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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

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An experiment in Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge collects coral larvae, allowing researchers to enumerate the number of baby corals settling on a reef. Recent research shows that corals are establishing new reefs in temperate regions as they retreat from increasingly warmer waters at the equator.

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Nichole Price/Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

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