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Part 2 of 3 from Palau, Micronesia, 11 June 2025. Video clips of snorkeling Nikko Bay, a beautiful embayment adjacent to the city of Koror. The subtidal shoreline of this bay is densely covered by a garden of reef-building corals and giant clams. This is surprising because Nikko Bay is warmer and more acidic than what would be expected to support healthy coral growth. SEE this reference:
Kurihara, H., Watanabe, A., Tsugi, A. et al. Potential local adaptation of corals at acidified and warmed Nikko Bay, Palau. Sci Rep 11, 11192 (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90614-8
Here is a video from 1997 from Nikko Bay by Dr. Bruce Carlson:
youtube.com/watch?v=KQUjy3nfDrI
Here are additional scientific papers on Nikko Bay provided by Dr. Anne Cohen, WHOI:
2014: Diverse coral communities in naturally acidified waters of a Western Pacific reef KEF Shamberger, AL Cohen, Y Golbuu, DC McCorkle, SJ Lentz Geophysical Research Letters 41 (2), 499-504
2015: Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH HC Barkley, AL Cohen, Y Golbuu, VR Starczak, TM DeCarlo Science advances 1 (5), e1500328
2018: Ocean acidification affects coral growth by reducing skeletal density NR Mollica, W Guo, AL Cohen, KF Huang, GL Foster, HK Donald Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (8), 1754-1759
Enjoy!!
Change settings to 2160p60 4K for best resolution, if your system won't skip!
Part 2 of 3 from Palau, Micronesia, 11 June 2025. Video clips of snorkeling Nikko Bay, a beautiful embayment adjacent to the city of Koror. The subtidal shoreline of this bay is densely covered by a garden of reef-building corals and giant clams. This is surprising because Nikko Bay is warmer and more acidic than what would be expected to support healthy coral growth. SEE this reference:
Kurihara, H., Watanabe, A., Tsugi, A. et al. Potential local adaptation of corals at acidified and warmed Nikko Bay, Palau. Sci Rep 11, 11192 (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90614-8
Here is a video from 1997 from Nikko Bay by Dr. Bruce Carlson:
youtube.com/watch?v=KQUjy3nfDrI
Here are additional scientific papers on Nikko Bay provided by Dr. Anne Cohen, WHOI:
2014: Diverse coral communities in naturally acidified waters of a Western Pacific reef KEF Shamberger, AL Cohen, Y Golbuu, DC McCorkle, SJ Lentz Geophysical Research Letters 41 (2), 499-504
2015: Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH HC Barkley, AL Cohen, Y Golbuu, VR Starczak, TM DeCarlo Science advances 1 (5), e1500328
2018: Ocean acidification affects coral growth by reducing skeletal density NR Mollica, W Guo, AL Cohen, KF Huang, GL Foster, HK Donald Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (8), 1754-1759
Enjoy!!
