# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/6nnT_AE9o8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2461434-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9b8f546ce8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-08-20T20:41:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

The folds and groves on its surface give this #coral its name: “brain coral.” #Brain coral reproduce by developing both eggs and sperm in each polyp. There are thousands of different coral #species but only three main types of coral reefs: fringing, barrier, and atoll. #Coralreefs are the largest biological structure on #Earth and home to scores of marine #organisms, but they face significant #health threats from #human activities such as dynamite and cyanide #fishing, poor wastewater management, #climatechange, and runoff from construction or deforestation. 
#PhotoOfTheDay #science #ocean #marinebiology #life
📷 NOAA

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## Tags

earth, photooftheday, organisms, ocean, human, marinebiology, species, science, climatechange, life, fishing, coral, brain, health, coralreefs

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