Taking a Core from a Coral (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Taking a Core from a Coral

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Diane Thompson (left), Roberto Pépolas (center) and Alexander Tudhope (right) use a hydraulic drill to take a core from a Porites lobata coral head near Wolf Island in the Galápagos.

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Jenifer Suarez, courtesy of the Cole lab.

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