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Lessons from the Reef: Did You Know?

It’s been two weeks since the Gambier portion of the Global Reef Expedition to French Polynesia ended. In less than two weeks, our science team will be heading back to French Polynesia to conduct research in Rangiroa. In the meantime,

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Fluorescing with PAM

Most coral reefs thrive in shallow depth, where light can easily penetrate the water. Corals depend on the energy of sunlight, through the photosynthetic microscopic algae that reside within their tissue, to grow and survive. For the first time in

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Off the Deep End: Deep-Water Corals

Like jumping feet first into the rabbit hole made famous in “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, the deeper you dive on a reef, the more things change in interesting ways.  “Curiouser and curiouser,” mused Alice as she delved into

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