Highly contagious marine epidemic rips through Caribbean’s coral reefs

CJ Clouse, The Guardian

Highly contagious marine epidemic rips through Caribbean’s coral reefs
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Krista Sherman understands ocean conservation work takes a good deal of patience. But the Bahamian-born marine scientist had never encountered a foe like stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), and after efforts to monitor and treat the highly contagious outbreak in the Bahamas’ corals stalled, her patience was running thin.

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