The marine science community is buzzing with excitement after the discovery of a rare stretch of coral reef in pristine condition off the coast of Tahiti and the answers it could hold to save other dying species around the world.
The marine science community is buzzing with excitement after the discovery of a rare stretch of coral reef in Tahiti.
Coral reefs around the world have been affected by climate change and other environmental conditions, which has led to widespread bleaching -- when corals turn white as a result of water temperature rising -- and ocean acidification, which occurs when water's pH levels are lowered as a result of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.Corals shaped like roses in the waters off the coast of Tahiti of the French Polynesia in December 2021.
Researchers will study the biodiversity surrounding the coral reefs, since they provide habitat and food to so many other species, Carlton said. Researchers will then attempt to replicate the conditions to other reefs in more shallow conditions to see if their chances of survival will improve, Carlton said.A researcher for the French National Centre for Scientific Research studies corals in the waters off the coast of Tahiti of the French Polynesia in December 2021.
MORE: Coral reefs could stop growing in 10 years unless greenhouse gases are significantly reduced, new study says Laetitia Hédouin, a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research in Moorea, French Polynesia, first saw the corals months earlier during a recreational dive with a local diving club, she told. She immediately knew there was"something special about that reef" and that she needed to go back to study it.
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