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Research Expedition on Corals and Global Warming: Aug. 17-26 in Puerto Rico
August 14, 2008
 | Scientists are collecting the spawn of elkhorn corals as part of a research and education project to grow the newborn juvenile corals for distribution to aquaria and to the wild. The goals of the project are to learn how corals will respond to global warming and also to teach aquarium professionals how they can protect corals by using laboratory-raised specimens rather than removing corals from the ocean. Full story |
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