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Dead coral gets a pink-red crust, giving baby corals a place to rebuild the reef

"Also looks like it made a nice little safe zone for the fish." ...
Scientific American

Long-lost coral reefs rediscovered off the coast of Africa

Some 60 years ago scientists documented a coral reef off the coast of Benin in West Africa that they presumed was already ...

Underwater drones discover coral reefs off Benin, long presumed dead, teeming with life

A coral reef, missing and presumed dead, has been found alive and well off the coast of Benin. Surveys in the 1960s, focused ...
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Coral reef presumed dead for 60 years found alive off Africa

The researchers say it's possible that further surveys will identify more reefs. The post Coral reef presumed dead for 60 ...
CNN

Critical Florida corals now ‘functionally extinct’ due to off-the-charts ocean temperatures

Elkhorn and staghorn corals used to carpet Florida’s reef system, rising like antlers from the seabed — but not anymore. These crucial coral species are now “functionally extinct” in the region after ...

Florida’s coral is disappearing: How experts are restoring ailing reefs as the ocean warms

Florida’s coral reef, which spans 350 miles and is the third-largest barrier reef system in the world, is dying. And Broward ...