"The Omani region will be useful as a laboratory to model, predict and analyze the substantial and sometimes catastrophic changes taking place in the rest of the Indian Ocean due to coral bleaching caused by high sea temperatures"

By the Kerzner Marine Foundation MUSCAT, Oman - Two new species of coral have been discovered off the Omani coast, as well as other existing coral species that had previously not been known to live in the area. via ENN.com Environmental News