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Sara Melo-Merino

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Sara Melo-Merino @sara-melo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Super cool!

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Sara Melo-Merino @sara-melo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🌊 By forming solid structures near the shoreline, coral reefs can dissipate much of the wave energy before it reaches the coast. 🏖️ In this article we wrote for @us.theconversation.com we explore why this function is so important and what is at risk under changing environmental conditions.

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Sara Melo-Merino @sara-melo.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Can Caribbean corals recover naturally after the devastating effects of SCTLD? Come find out! 🪸

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Jonas Lembrechts @jlembrechts.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

New study in @nature.com: we focus on the diversity that's missing - “dark diversity.” Human impact means only 1 in 5 species persist in disturbed areas versus 1 in 3 in pristine ones. My summary of the project & its implications: the3dlab.org/2025/04/03/g...

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Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by ‘dark diversity’

Back in 2019, we ventured into the field with a rather unusual mission: to search for the biodiversity that wasn’t there. At first glance, this might seem counterintuitive – after all, we’re …

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Sara Melo-Merino @sara-melo.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Parrot fish support healthy coral reefs, but that’s not the whole story 🪸

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