Safer technique reveals that corals take up seawater pollutants both directly and indirectly
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 11:30
in Earth & Climate
Marine pollutants are taken up by corals directly from seawater as well as through accumulation in their food, shows research from KAUST that uses a state-of-the-art spectroscopy technique known as cavity ring-down spectroscopy. This is the first time the approach has been used to measure pollutant accumulation.