How Corals Create Their Own Sunshine

Coral reefs are the most diverse marine ecosystem. These reef systems, made of animals called coral polyps, provide homes for a variety of marine life from octopuses to seahorses. If you look more closely, corals house microscopic organisms such as Zooxanthellae which are algae that live within coral polyps and are responsible for the coral's fluorescing characteristics. How Corals And Zooxanthellae Interact? Coral and zooxanthellae share a mutual relationship. This means that both organisms benefit from one another. Just like humans, coral polyps utilize cellular respiration to produce...

Fine!

Leaves. Green. Lush. Snakes. Mountains. Sunset. Sunrise. Monkeys. Waterfalls. Trees. From the time I was little, I was always surrounded by greenery. My parents had always taken me to hikes. But I didn’t know today was going to be different. Every bit of the tiny green specks, the rising mountains, and the rushing waterfalls made me love it. Nature was my only friend. I could rely on it. It wouldn’t even be able to say something mean to me. If I was tired of my dad yelling or annoying me about the smallest aspects of life, I would run away to nature, my home. Tomorrow we would be going on a...

Spring: Wrap ... or Rap?

Spring, you’re nice, But Summer's cool. Spring, you have spice, But Summer makes me drool. Spring, you have flowers, But Summer you can chill. Spring, you've got power, But Summer brings the grill. Now, Spring, you offer trees, But Summer busts out heat. Spring attracts more bees, But Summers can’t be beat. Spring, you’ve got school, But Summer, there’s no study. I’m not saying school’s not cool, But Summer, you hang with buddies! Spring, until next year!

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