Over two hundred million humans depend for their subsistence on the fact that coral has an addiction to "junk food" -- and orders its partners, the symbiotic algae, to make it.
This curious arrangement is one of nature's most delicate and complex partnerships -- a collaboration now facing grave threats from climate change.
grave threatsDelicate Partnership Between Coral And Algae Threatened By Globa...ScienceDaily Sun, 03/23/2008 - 23:00
Coral's addiction to 'junk food'EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences Sat, 03/22/2008 - 23:00
Over two hundred million humans depend for their subsistence on the fact that coral has an addiction to "junk food" -- and orders its partners, the symbiotic algae, to make it. |
