La Nina-Like conditions in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Panama were closely associated with 2,500-year-long abrupt shutdown in coral reef growth, reveals a new study. The research at Georgia Institute of Technology found cooler sea temperatures, greater precipitation and stronger upwelling, all indicators of La Nina-like conditions at the study site in Panama, during a period when coral reef accretion stopped in this region around 4,100 years ago. Kim ...
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