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The Once and Future Corals

An audio slideshow: Research on the reefs

Source: Oceanus Magazine

 

 

—Produced by Ari Daniel Shapiro

Related Links

Konrad Hughen
http://www.whoi.edu/profile.do?id=khughen&external=this

Dead Corals Do Tell Tales
Growing a little each day, coral skeletons keep a daily archive of past ocean temperatures
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=22407

The Coral-Climate Connection
The skeletons of corals on the seafloor preserve records of how ocean circulation has changed
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=17026&sectionid=1000

What Other Tales Can Coral Skeletons Tell?
Scientists strive to get into the genes of fossil corals to extract their evolutionary history
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=17266

Originally published: March 12, 2010