{"673169":{"#nid":"673169","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Sea Cucumbers are the \u2018Scum Suckers\u2019 Corals Desperately Need","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECoral reefs\u0026nbsp;all over the world are in serious danger. However, a critical way to keep reefs healthy likely comes from an unexpected place: the humble sea cucumber.\u0026nbsp;According to a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-45730-0\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudy published February 26 in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eled by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E researchers \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/mark-hay\u0022\u003EMark Hay\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=hIj0CIAAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003ECody Clements\u003C\/a\u003E, about 25 percent of coral reef\u2019s health is dependent on sea cucumbers that keep the reefs clean.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECoral reefs\u0026nbsp;all over the world are in serious danger. However, a critical way to keep reefs healthy likely comes from an unexpected place: the humble sea cucumber.\u0026nbsp;According to a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-45730-0\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudy published February 26 in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eled by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E researchers \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/mark-hay\u0022\u003EMark Hay\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=hIj0CIAAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003ECody Clements\u003C\/a\u003E, about 25 percent of coral reef\u2019s health is dependent on sea cucumbers that keep the reefs clean.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2024-02-26 19:04:04","changed_gmt":"2024-02-26 19:09:20","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Popular Science","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/environment\/sea-cucumbers-coral-reefs\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-02-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-02-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"565971","name":"Ocean Science and Engineering (OSE)"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14760","name":"coral reef"},{"id":"182537","name":"coral reef conservation"},{"id":"193538","name":"sea cucumber"}],"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":""}}}