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Quick, deadly coral disease the target of new NOAA plan

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Stony coral tissue loss disease is running rampant through 22 different coral species in Florida waters and throughout the Caribbean. A new plan rolled out this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is meant to help scientists better understand the disease. Once corals are infected, they lose living tissue and usually die within weeks or months without active intervention.

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Quick, deadly coral disease the target of new NOAA plan

The corals in this part of the world are sick and dying. Stony coral tissue loss disease, something only identified eight years ago, is running rampant through 22 different coral species in Florida waters and throughout the Caribbean, affecting coral populations in the waters of at least 25 countries and territories.A new plan rolled out this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is meant to help scientists better un…

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