- Scientists discover that up to about 20,000 metric tons of microplastics may be stored in coral skeletons worldwide every year, marking the first time that a living microplastic "sink", or long-term storage site, has been quantified. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coral-reef-microplastics-skeletons 84 comments environment
- Corals may store a surprising amount of microplastics in their skeletons https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coral-reef-microplastics-skeletons 3 comments science
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- Microplastics are in our bodies. Here's why we don't know the health risks https://www.sciencenews.org/article/microplastics-human-bodies-health-risks 12 comments
- Freezing adult corals could help ensure they survive a changing climate https://www.sciencenews.org/article/adult-coral-frozen-survive-climate-change 8 comments
- Probiotics help lab corals survive deadly heat stress https://www.sciencenews.org/article/probiotics-lab-coral-heat-stress-death-reef-survival-ocean-warming 3 comments
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- How some sunscreens damage coral reefs https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sunscreen-damage-coral-reef-oxybenzone 112 comments
- Probiotics help lab corals survive deadly heat stress https://www.sciencenews.org/article/probiotics-lab-coral-heat-stress-death-reef-survival-ocean-warming 3 comments
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.15920 3 comments
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