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Deep-Water Corals Glow for Their Lives

Source
Smithsonian

Publication Date
2017-07-07

Coral reefs are economic mainstays and critical habitats. But something else makes them amazing: their otherworldly glow. Both shallow- and deep-water corals emit fluorescent light, but until now, scientists only understood why shallow-water corals light up. Now, reports Laura Castells for Nature, the other half of the puzzle has been revealed—and it turns out that the different kinds of corals glow for very different reasons.

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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/deep-water-corals-glow-their-lives-180963967/