Nature - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/nature/ Preparing the nation for change by studying the ocean, earth & atmosphere Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:51:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NOAA_logo_512x512-150x150.png Nature - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/nature/ 32 32 Coral Reefs will be Unable to Keep Pace with Sea-Level Rise /coral-reefs-and-sea-level-rise/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.tempest.aoml.noaa.gov/wordpress/?p=1468 NOAA contributed to a study published today in the journal Nature that compares the upward growth rates of coral reefs with predicted rates of sea-level rise and found many reefs would be submerged in water so deep it will hamper their growth and survival. The study was done by an international team of scientists led by the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. 

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]]> Volcano Spewing Carbon Dioxide Drives Coral to Give Way to Algae /volcano-spewing-carbon-dioxide-drives-coral-to-give-way-to-algae-2/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 23:45:50 +0000 http://wordpress.tempest.aoml.noaa.gov/wordpress/?p=5491 Scientists from NOAA and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at the University of Miami have documented a dramatic shift from vibrant coral communities to carpets of algae in remote Pacific Ocean waters where an undersea volcano spews carbon dioxide.

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