Century-old corals reveal the Pacific Northwest is acidifying faster than expected

Mongabay
Dec 22, 2025, 3:10 pm123 ptsTrending
In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research expeditions off California’s Pacific coast. The team collected untold plant and animal specimens, including orange cup corals, which they carefully preserved and stored in collections at the Smithsonian…

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