A mysterious coral disease is ravaging Caribbean reefs
Off St. Thomas, the disease is moving faster and killing more corals than any disease before

CORAL KILLER Lesions (white) eat into the tissue of maze corals on Flat Cay reef, near St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The lesions are caused by a new and deadly disease that’s spreading through the Caribbean.
M. Brandt
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