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WA's giant corals give up ocean heatwave secrets

WA Today, 05 Nov 2015.

A team of marine scientists have discovered that WA's coral reefs contain weather maps going back hundreds of years. The scientists, from the University of WA and Curtin University, drilled into giant porite corals on Ningaloo Reef, the Abrolhos Islands and Rowley Shoals to find the marine weather data.  They discovered that the core samples were able to tell them what causes marine heat waves among WA's unique coral reefs. Read more at WA Today.

Scientists take core samples from giant coral on Ningaloo Reef. Photo: from WA Today 

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