Still standing but mostly dead: Recovery of dying coral reef in Moorea stalls
March 11, 2026
March 11, 2026
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, March 11 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news:
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Still standing but mostly dead: Recovery of dying coral reef in Moorea stalls
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -In April 2019, a marine heat wave struck a coral reef on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, killing much of the coral and the beneficial algae that colonized it. This "bleaching" event reduced live coral populations o . . .
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Still standing but mostly dead: Recovery of dying coral reef in Moorea stalls
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -In April 2019, a marine heat wave struck a coral reef on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, killing much of the coral and the beneficial algae that colonized it. This "bleaching" event reduced live coral populations o . . .