Plus, this year's best microscopic photos
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After El Niño-inspired ocean warming, a calamity appeared to have struck the pristine coral beds of a string of islands along the Equator.
Within five years though, in a surprise to scientists, the stunning coral was back. It is “the most astonishing and heartening coral rebirth the world has ever seen,” writes Nat Geo Explorer in Residence Enric Sala. But how did the rebound happen? And can scientists use that knowledge to save coral reefs elsewhere?
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| | Rescued: Pictured at top, this reef off the central Pacific’s Vostok Island was mauled by heat, but made a stunning recovery. Above left, a school of small reef fish; and right, a close-up of the heat-tolerant Montipora corals, with their purple polyps, which led the reef’s road to recovery. Read more. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT HUBNER, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | | | |
 | | GRIGORII TIMIN AND MICHEL MILINKOVITCH | | | Tiny worlds: You can’t see these beauties with the naked eye, but an annual contest showcases the best in microscopic photography. What do you think this winning image is? A flower? No, it’s the microcosmos within the hand of an embryonic Madagascar giant day gecko. Ah, of course. It was magnified 63 times for this image. Other winners are here. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY FABRICE COFFRINI, AFP, GETTY IMAGES | | What, more dams? Climate change is intensifying droughts and floods, wreaking havoc on rivers around the world. Nat Geo considers if dams are the answer to regulating rivers, while creating more sustainable energy (like the two hydropower dams, pictured above, in Switzerland). Opponents say dams emit more greenhouse gases than previously thought—and are hard to future-proof.
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| | Lychee season: Lychees are a way of life for millions of people in Bihar, a state that produces almost 75 percent of the fruit in India. Navin Kumar photographed people in Muzaffarpur, his hometown in Bihar, harvesting shahi lychee in his latest post on Nat Geo’s Your Shot Instagram. The harvesting window for the fruit, with a taste similar to a strawberry or pear with a hint of citrus, is open for only three to four weeks a year. | | | |
Note: If our story on preserving coral reefs interested you, check out more on Enric Sala and the National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas effort.
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