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Coral reefs don’t just shape marine life you can see, they also control the daily rhythms of invisible microbes nearby. Credit: Shutterstock Coral reefs act like timekeepers for nearby microbes, ...

Samantha Garrard receives funding from the United Kingdom Research and Innovation and from Horizon Europe, funding European research through the European Commission. Tropical coral reefs cover less ...

Tropical coral reefs cover less than 1% of the seafloor, yet support 25% of all marine species. They are also incredibly vulnerable. Over the past few decades, an estimated 30–50% have already been ...

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