Oxygen levels (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen

Oxygen levels

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Oxygen levels immediately above a coral’s surface (indicated by a colour scale) decrease when a rapid rise in seawater temperature increases ciliary motion and the resulting vortices (indicated by black lines), while the coral’s oxygen demand simultaneously increases.

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Photo: Cesar Pacherres

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