Viruses associated with coral epidemic of 'white plague'
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 15:00
in Biology & Nature
They call it the "white plague," and like its black counterpart from the Middle Ages, it conjures up visions of catastrophic death, with a cause that was at first uncertain even as it led to widespread destruction -- on marine corals in the Caribbean Sea. Now, at least, one of the causes of this plague has been found.