{"651846":{"#nid":"651846","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Underwater gardens boost coral diversity to stave off \u0027biodiversity meltdown\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Biological Sciences\u0026nbsp;researchers\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mcr.lternet.edu\/people\/cody-clements\u0022\u003ECody Clements,\u003C\/a\u003E Teasley Postdoctoral Fellow,\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/mark-hay\u0022\u003EMark Hay\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and Teasley Chair,\u0026nbsp;found that increasing coral richness by \u0026#39;outplanting\u0026#39; a diverse group of coral\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/species\/\u0022 rel=\u0022tag\u0022\u003Especies\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;together improves coral growth and survivorship. But if more coral species are lost, the synergistic effects could threaten other species in what Clements and Hay term a \u0026quot;biodiversity meltdown.\u0026quot; This story on Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s research was also featured in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eandt.theiet.org\/content\/articles\/2021\/10\/coral-gardens-could-hold-off-biodiversity-meltdown\/\u0022\u003EEngineering and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.birminghamtimes.com\/2021\/10\/video-what-a-re-reef-undersea-coral-gardens-could-save-threatened-colonies\/\u0022\u003EBirmingham Times\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.alphagalileo.org\/en-gb\/Item-Display\/ItemId\/213924?returnurl=https:\/\/www.alphagalileo.org\/en-gb\/Item-Display\/ItemId\/213924\u0022\u003EAlphaGalileo\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ecomagazine.com\/news\/oceans\/underwater-gardens-boost-coral-diversity-to-stave-off-biodiversity-meltdown\u0022\u003EEnvironmental Coastal and Offshore\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-10-20 15:25:22","changed_gmt":"2021-11-03 14:17:20","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2021-10-underwater-gardens-boost-coral-diversity.html","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"176940","name":"Cody Clements"},{"id":"13884","name":"Mark Hay"},{"id":"100711","name":"coral reefs"},{"id":"10936","name":"Biodiversity"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}