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coral

[kawr-uhl, kor-] / ˈkɔr əl, ˈkɒr- /




NOUN
polyp
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Now, researchers report that a global marine heatwave caused widespread coral bleaching, damaging roughly half of the world's reefs.

From Science Daily

A study published on Tuesday showed that more than half of the world's coral reefs were bleached between 2014-2017 -- a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatwaves.

From Barron's

He managed to get back two coral bead crowns and a tunic but it was only in 2021 that any significant repatriation of artefacts by Western universities and museums began.

From BBC

An ocean teeming with sea life, from tiny coral polyps to massive whales to birds skimming the surface of the waves.

From Literature

The team also identified a new solitaire coral, that are described in another study.

From Science Daily