Tiny marine creature spreading through ocean, stabilizing reefs and islands with calcareous shells
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 7 February, 2013
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The climate is getting warmer, and sea levels are rising -- a threat to island nations. As a group of researchers found out, at the same time, tiny single-cell organisms are spreading rapidly through the world's oceans, where they might be able to mitigate the consequences of climate change. Amphistegina are stabilizing coastlines and reefs with their calcareous shells....