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Researchers from WHOI studied the microbes in coral reef water by examining eight reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands over a period of seven years, which included periods of hurricane and coral disease disturbance.
In the face of global warming and other environmental changes, corals in the Atlantic Ocean have declined precipitously in recent years, while corals in the Pacific and Indian Oceans are faring better.
Scientists have discovered that a catastrophic coral die-off event off the coast of Costa Rica was caused by an extreme weather event that resulted in rapid sea temperature drops of up to 10 degrees.