Mexico: the Iconic Moose Horn Coral Has Ceased to Reproduce on the Island of Cozumel

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Summer settles on the skin and thickens the breath. A few days have passed since the full moon and the Caribbean Sea lights up as if it knew that we are not here by coincidence tonight. We are several volunteers enlisting masks and fins on the strip of the coast to hunt for an instant that should occur with an almost ritual punctuality: the spawning of the coral moose horn (Acropora palmata). Under the water, its branches anchor to the substrate…