“We are seeing ‘phase shifts,’ where reefs once dominated by corals are being taken over by zoantharians... Understanding how they spread helps us forecast what the reefs of the future will look like.”
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/02/11/reefs-future-uh-scientists-discover-evolution-defying-marine-creatures/

Paper: https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.19.174247

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‘Reefs of the future’: UH scientists discover evolution-defying marine creatures

A new study out of the University of Hawaii at Manoa is giving scientists a possible glimpse into the future of reefs in Earth’s warming oceans.

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