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An international team of marine scientists has identified and officially named four species of algae new to science, challenging previous taxonomical assumptions within the Porolithon genus. The ...

It demonstrates that the onset of reef growth on the outer shelf was preceded by a rise in summer temperature from ~26° to ~28°C at around 700 thousand years ago (marine isotope stage 17). This ...

The study of ancient reef systems provides a window into marine ecological complexity in deep time. These reefs, constructed by a combination of microbial communities and early metazoans, illustrate ...