bleached
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For the technique to work as demonstrated, every bleached coral would need access to a healthy, genetically identical counterpart.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
"While bleached corals may be dying, they are not dead yet," said lead author Danny Collins, an oceans PhD student at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
"Once beneficial algae enter bleached corals, they don't just spread out," said Palumbi.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
However, it is possible to extract healthy symbionts and culture them -- and the team is now thinking about ways to re-introduce them en masse to bleached coral.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
He was in his late fifties, however, and his reddish hair had been bleached almost colorless now, like a dandelion gone to seed.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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