Cold-Water Corals: Ancient Treasures Of The Salish Sea

If someone asked you where can you find corals, you would say tropics, right? However, you can find corals here in the Pacific Northwest too! It’s true – believe it or not! These native corals can take thousands of years to form, and as such, can serve as an important key to understanding changes in the physical and chemical properties of Salish Sea waters and the impact of these changes to local corals in the past, present, and future.  On this episode, we are thrilled to have Mary Margaret V Stoll, a graduate student at the University of Washington, share with us all about cold water corals; their importance, as well as fragility, in the ecosystem; and her research.