Extracting Core Samples (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Extracting Core Samples

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists Anne Cohen (left) and Nathan Mollica extract core samples from a giant Porites coral in Risong Bay, Palau. They are co-authors of a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing how increasing ocean acidifcation will affect coral skeleton growth.

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(Richard Brooks, Lightning Strike Media Productions, Palau)

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