SCTLD - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/sctld/ Preparing the nation for change by studying the ocean, earth & atmosphere Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:30:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.3 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NOAA_logo_512x512-150x150.png SCTLD - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/sctld/ 32 32 New study shows the aftermath of a deadly coral disease on the coral reef microbiome  /new-study-shows-the-aftermath-of-a-deadly-coral-disease-on-the-coral-reef-microbiome/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:50:08 +0000 /?p=103853 A new study led by scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) indicates that stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has long-lasting impacts not only on corals, but also on their bacteria. Just as humans have bacteria and other microbes essential to our […]

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]]> Sediments a Likely Culprit in Spread of Deadly Disease on Florida Coral Reefs, Study Finds /sediments-a-likely-culprit-in-spread-of-disease-on-florida-coral-reefs/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:45:47 +0000 /?p=28341 MIAMI—A new study found that seafloor sediments have the potential to transmit a deadly pathogen to local corals and hypothesizes that sediments have played a role in the persistence of a devastating coral disease outbreak throughout Florida and the Caribbean.

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