In spite of more than one century and half of studies, mechanisms of coral biomineralization,
leading to coral growth and reef formation, still remain poorly known, although major global …

Corals open an exceptional window into many phenomena of geological, geochemical,
climatic, and paleontological interest. From the Paleozoic to the present, corals provide …

Do corals form their skeletons by precipitation from solution or by attachment of amorphous
precursor particles as observed in other minerals and biominerals? The classical model …

Most annually resolved climate reconstructions of the Common Era are based on terrestrial
data, making it a challenge to independently assess how recent climate changes have …

Increasingly, environmental scientists, palaeoceanographers and geologists are collecting
quantitative records of environmental changes (time series) from sediments, ice cores, cave …

Stony corals build hard skeletons of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) by combining calcium with
carbonate ions derived, ultimately, from seawater. The concentration of carbonate ions …

Hundreds of coral paleoclimate records have been developed over the past several
decades, significantly extending the instrumental record and improving our understanding of …

Massive scleractinian corals secrete an aragonitic skeleton which incorporates a large array
of chemical tracers. Corals present several advantages for palaeoclimate research: they …

This study presents the results from precipitation experiments carried out to investigate the
partitioning of the alkaline earth cations Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+ between abiogenic …

Recent research has revealed new insights into the temperature, size, and variability of the
Indo-Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP) and the nature of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) …