
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease is spreading rapidly, decimating Atlantic and Caribbean coral colonies within weeks of infection – and scientists still don’t know what’s causing it
Divers apply a unique epoxy mixture to coral affected by SCTLD.
Words and Photography by Nicole Webster
While humans are battling a relentless pandemic, the corals of the Atlantic and Caribbean are suffering from their own relentless disease: Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD)…