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By Edyta Zielinska

As part of our package on the effects of climate change on the biosphere, associate editor Edyta Zielinska took a look at coral disease. Ernesto Weil from the University of Puerto Rico has worked with coral reefs in the Caribbean for 30 years, and has seen a great deal of change. Here are some of the photographs he's taken of the damage from coral diseases.

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Climate change focus

Climate change and the biosphere

A sensitive reaction

Shielding from the storm

Modeling with model organisms

Compromising coral immunity

The hole is disease modeling

Hot Papers: Climate change and frog deaths

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    Edyta Zielinska was a senior editor at The Scientist from 2007 to 2013, where she worked closely with scientific illustrators to develop accompanying graphics to illuminate complex concepts. 

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