{"id":4208,"date":"2015-07-21T23:05:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T04:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2015-07-27T17:20:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T22:20:22","slug":"as-the-sea-rises-porites-coral-grows-until-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/as-the-sea-rises-porites-coral-grows-until-now\/","title":{"rendered":"As the sea rises, Porites coral grows, until now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4210\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pasted-image-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4210\" class=\"wp-image-4210\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pasted-image-01-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Large Porites in Palau (Photo credit: R. van Woesik\" width=\"467\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pasted-image-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pasted-image-01-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Large Porites in Palau (Photo credit: R. van Woesik<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Around the island nation of Palau, in the Pacific Ocean, Porite coral growth may be able to &#8216;keep up&#8217; with projected sea-level rise &#8211; but only if reefs are well managed and greenhouse gas concentrations are curbed, suggest international researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Porites are natural storm barriers and their loss would result in island and habitat loss for millions of people and species in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/2\/7\/150181\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in the <em>Royal Society Open Science\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>July 21<\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2015<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>R. van Woesik, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, USA<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around the island nation of Palau, in the Pacific Ocean, Porite coral growth may be able to &#8216;keep up&#8217; with projected sea-level rise &#8211; but only if reefs are well managed and greenhouse gas concentrations are curbed, suggest international researchers. 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