Tiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunction in Warming Oceans
Corals are complex creatures that form enduring colonies, and just like other animals they need oxygen to live. Across the living surface of coral, a frantic dance of survival takes place, invisible to our eyes and unknown to science before 2014. The tiny dancers are hairlike cilia, and new research into these microscopic structures is revealing just how active corals are in determining their own fate.Corals aren’t fortunate enough to have a consistent supply of oxygen, and they can’t change location to seek it out.
- ▪Corals are complex creatures that form enduring colonies, and just like other animals they need oxygen to live.
- ▪Across the living surface of coral, a frantic dance of survival takes place, invisible to our eyes and unknown to science before 2014.
- ▪The tiny dancers are hairlike cilia, and new research into these microscopic structures is revealing just how active corals are in determining their own fate.Corals aren’t fortunate enough to have a consistent supply of oxygen, and they can
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Marlowe StarlingScienceSep 20, 2026 5:00 AMTiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunction in Warming OceansSeveral new studies have uncovered this long overlooked aspect of coral physiology that could be the key to the animals’ fate in a changing climate.Play/Pause ButtonPauseCourtesy of QuantaCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.At first glance, corals present as little more than colorful rocks—piles of lobes, stalagmites, and branches poking out from the seafloor.They are anything but. Corals are complex creatures that form enduring colonies, and just like other animals they need oxygen to live.
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