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If the sea is calling your name, head south to Kenting National Park, where coral reefs hum with life beneath the waves, or catch the surf at Jialeshui Beach.
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Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
This image is part of an ongoing scientific project dedicated to exploring the nightlife and distinctive reproductive behaviors of corals and other inhabitants of the Red Sea coral reef.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef, home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
One team is using it to explore a novel method of protecting coral reefs, which are threatened, in part, by rising ocean temperatures caused by global warming.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
This image is part of an ongoing scientific project dedicated to exploring the nightlife and distinctive reproductive behaviors of corals and other inhabitants of the Red Sea coral reef.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Covering nearly 133,000 square miles (345,000 square kilometers), the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef, home to more than 1,500 species of fish and 411 species of hard corals.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
One team is using it to explore a novel method of protecting coral reefs, which are threatened, in part, by rising ocean temperatures caused by global warming.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Coral reef.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coral%20reef. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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