By fusing tissues, healthy corals send enough life-giving algae and nutrients to their bleached counterparts to kickstart the recovery process in three days. (Dan Griffin / GG Films via SWNS)
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In just a few days, life-giving algae flow from healthy corals to bleached corals, kickstarting the recovery process. (Danny Collins via SWNS)
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In a laboratory setting, researchers have shown that corals can fully recover from bleaching within seven weeks through brief contact with healthy corals. (Danny Collins via SWNS)
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Danny Collins examines two coral fragments – one bleached, one touching – that have fused tissues. (Dan Griffin / GG Films via SWNS)
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In the experiment, gaps of just a few millimeters between pairs of coral fragments – one bleached, one healthy – prevented the bleached fragments from recovering. (Danny Collins via SWNS)
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Lead author Danny Collins attached his phone to a microscope with a 3D-printed holder custom-designed by Tom Rolander, a research engineer in the Fabrication Lab at Hopkins Marine Station's Harold A. Miller Library. (Dan Griffin / GG Films via SWNS)
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