Multidecadal decoupling between coral calcifying fluid and seawater saturation states.

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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.

Published: August 2025


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Ocean acidification poses a threat to coral skeleton formation via reductions in the saturation state of aragonite (Ω) in seawater. Given that corals precipitate their skeletons from a calcifying fluid supplied by seawater, reductions in seawater Ω should, in theory, confound calcification. Here, we reconstruct up to 200 years of coral calcifying fluid Ω, using Raman spectroscopy techniques, at approximately monthly resolution in two sp. skeletal cores from the Coral Sea region to investigate (i) the regulation of coral calcifying fluid Ω and (ii) the skeletal calcification response to industrial-era ocean acidification. Our results reveal a significant increase in calcifying fluid Ω, suggesting that some corals may adjust to the pace of acidification in the wild more effectively than suggested by short-term laboratory studies.

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