Climate Change and Corals (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Climate Change and Corals

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Using two Caribbean coral species as its study subjects, Montastraea faveolata (mountainous star coral) and Porites furcata (finger coral), the research team will study how the world's increasingly acidic oceans (caused by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide) affect these corals when accompanied with increasing ocean temperatures as well.

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Chris Langdon, University of Miami

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