Category: Marine Biology

Learning Resources for the Life Sciences

Coral Bleaching

This animation from HHMI Interactive shows you how coral bleaching occurs. Reef-building corals rely on the photosynthetic algae inside their cells for their survival. For more resources from the HHMI Interactive website, please go to: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/coral-bleaching  

Reviving the Rain Forests of the Sea

“Coral reefs cover only about 0.1% of the world’s oceans, but 50% of the species that live in the ocean live on a coral reef at some point in their life.” This quote is from this 26-minute video documentary focusing on protecting the coral reefs near the island of Curacao in the Caribbean. This is…
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