{"652948":{"#nid":"652948","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Underwater gardens boost coral diversity to stave off \u0027biodiversity meltdown\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA study by Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;researchers \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cody-clements-31b03a13\u0022\u003ECody Clements\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/mark-hay\u0022\u003EMark Hay \u003C\/a\u003Eoffers both hope and a potentially grim future for damaged coral reefs. In a paper published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/cgi-bin\/good-bye?https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.abi8592\u0022\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/a\u003E, the researchers\u0026nbsp;found that increasing coral richness by \u0026quot;outplanting\u0026quot; a diverse group of coral species together improves coral growth and survivorship.\u0026nbsp;The ecological pendulum swings the other way, too. If more coral species are lost, the synergistic effects could threaten other species in what Clements and Hay term a \u0026quot;biodiversity meltdown.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-11-17 15:35:14","changed_gmt":"2021-11-17 15:35:14","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/discoveries\/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=303763\u0026org=NSF\u0026from=news\u0026sf153442060=1","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","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":"13884","name":"Mark Hay"},{"id":"176940","name":"Cody Clements"},{"id":"100711","name":"coral reefs"},{"id":"189367","name":"biodiversity meltdown"},{"id":"189000","name":"coral diversity"}],"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":""}}}