The Lunar Clock Beneath the Waves: How Marine Life Runs on Moonlight

The Lunar Clock Beneath the Waves: How Marine Life Runs on Moonlight

Beneath the surface of the ocean, a secret choreography unfolds—timed not by clocks or calendars, but by the silver light of the Moon. Coral reefs, sea worms, and even tiny sand-dwelling crustaceans all keep time with lunar precision, releasing eggs, changing color, and rising to mate in breathtaking synchrony. The Moon, it turns out, isn’t just a passive backdrop in the night sky—it’s a living metronome for life on Earth. In “Our Moon: How Eart…