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Crust-forming algae are displacing corals in tropical waters worldwide

"PACs are an ecological surprise arriving late to the scene of widespread ecosystem degradation of coral reefs in the Anthopocene epoch," writes the team, led by Peter Edmunds of California State University, Northridge. "Within this seascape, PACs may serve as an ecological catalyst that could hasten the global demise of corals on reefs under accelerating climate change."

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-crust-forming-algae-displacing-corals-tropical.html

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