# @nolanews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ClaBfnhu05e
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15400174-nolanews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-11-26T02:00:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NOLA.com (@NOLAnews) — https://gondola.cc/NOLAnews

## Caption

The mysterious disease killing corals in the Gulf of Mexico’s largest coral sanctuary continues to puzzle scientists.⁠
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When it was first spotted in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary a few weeks ago, scientists sounded the alarm, believing it was stony coral tissue loss disease, a newly-discovered affliction that’s been ravaging reefs in the Caribbean Sea but has somehow stayed out of the Gulf. But now Michelle Johnston, a sanctuary ecologist, isn’t so sure what it is.⁠
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“We know something is happening,” she said. “Something very strange.”⁠
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Read the latest updates from scientists at the link in bio. #FlowerGardenBanks #MarineSanctuary #Coral

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flowergardenbanks, marinesanctuary, coral

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