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A UBCO researcher is using years of compiled data to determine how virtual reef communities will respond to threats including cyclones and coral bleaching. Credit: Jean-Philippe Maréchal
August 26, 2020
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A UBC Okanagan researcher has developed a way to predict the future health of the planet's coral reefs. Working with scientists from Australia's Flinders' University and privately-owned research firm Nova Blue Environment, biology doctoral student Bruno Carturan has been studying the ecosystems of the world's endangered reefs..."About 75 per cent of the world's coral reefs are threatened by habitat loss, climate change and other human-caused disturbances."

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