Oceans

Coral tells own tale about El Niño’s past

Researchers from Rice and Georgia Tech studied ancient Pacific corals to improve computer model predictions of El Niño events.

Algae team rosters could help ID 'super corals'

U.S. and Australian researchers have found a potential tool for identifying stress-tolerant "super corals." In experiments that simulated climate change stress, researchers found corals that best survived had symbiotic algae communities with similar features.