Coral reefs face many serious threats from human activity.

Experiments in sea anemone and mushroom coral now show that the sunscreen component oxybenzone can be converted to a powerful phototoxin in their cells. Read that study and more in Science: https://t.co/U2kCVGhyit pic.twitter.com/7xIpQXyn2q

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IN DEPTH

Bids for Anthropocene’s ‘golden spike’ emerge

Download PDF – Sites compete to mark global changes of the 1950s and define new geological age

Census aims for better U.S. statistical portrait

Download PDF – Agency wants to retool its surveys and decennial census to improve efficiency and generate better data

Doubt cast on inflammation’s stop signals

Download PDF – Critics challenge data underpinning “resolution immunology,” triggering university probes

Germany weighs whether culling excess lab animals is a crime

Download PDF – As prosecutors evaluate complaints from animal rights groups, labs try to reduce surplus

Balloon detects first signs of ‘sound tunnel’ in the sky

Download PDF – Atmospheric analog to ocean’s acoustic channel could be used to monitor eruptions and bombs