The world’s fourth mass coral bleaching is underway, but well-connected reefs may have a better chance of recovery
St. in the US Virgin Islands. A sea cucumber on the sandy ocean bottom off St. Croix. NOAA, CC BY-ND My Georgia Tech colleague Mark Hay recently published a study showing that removing sea cucumbers from reef communities led to an increase in organic waste material and a 15-fold increase in coral mortality. Protecting sea… Read More »