The key to coral reef longevity: Dolphin poop
“The dolphins are giving threatened coral reefs in the Maldives and Chagos Archipelago a helping hand by pooing in the lagoons."
“The dolphins are giving threatened coral reefs in the Maldives and Chagos Archipelago a helping hand by pooing in the lagoons."
The hybrid reefs form the basis for natural coral formation.
Corals have lived throughout the oceans of our planet for many thousand years. Over those many years they have experienced both much warmer and much colder periods of geologic time.
Objective evidence shows coral have thrived under much more warming and cooling than is presently occurring, and coral continue to thrive today.
Scientists studying the southern edge of the Great Barrier Reef report remarkable recent growth in coral.