Bikini corals recover from atomic blast

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Porites matrices growing in the Bravo Crater. Credit: ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies
Porites matrices growing in the Bravo Crater. Credit: ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies

Half a century after the last earth-shattering atomic blast shook the Pacific atoll of Bikini, the corals are flourishing again. Some coral species, however, appear to be locally extinct.


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