{"679921":{"#nid":"679921","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Long-distance Reefs May Be Key to Coral Recovery From Bleaching in Moorea and Tahiti","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/bracco-dr-annalisa\u0022\u003EAnnalisa Bracco\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, used \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-024-73185-2\u0022\u003Emodeling\u003C\/a\u003E to demonstrate that the quick recovery of bleached corals in the past five mass bleaching events in Moorea and Tahiti (within the Society Islands of French Polynesia) may be the result of long-distance connectivity with the Tuamotu Islands and undisturbed coral reefs within a 300 km radius.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/bracco-dr-annalisa\u0022\u003EAnnalisa Bracco\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, used \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-024-73185-2\u0022\u003Emodeling\u003C\/a\u003E to demonstrate that the quick recovery of bleached corals in the past five mass bleaching events in Moorea and Tahiti (within the Society Islands of French Polynesia) may be the result of long-distance connectivity with the Tuamotu Islands and undisturbed coral reefs within a 300 km radius.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-01-24 15:40:27","changed_gmt":"2025-01-27 13:30:03","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science News","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/coastalscience.noaa.gov\/news\/long-distance-reefs-may-be-key-to-coral-recovery-in-moorea-and-tahiti-from-bleaching\/","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"175593","name":"School  of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"}],"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":""}}}