Spawning coral release quintillions of eggs each year, new calculations suggest

October 14, 2026 · 10:20 pm 1 sources

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• Spawning coral release quintillions of eggs each year, new calculations suggest
  Phys.org · October 14, 2026 22:20
  Most kinds of coral spawn once a year. In an enormous multiday event synchronized to specific phases of the moon, they release vast slicks of eggs and sperm into the ocean to be mixed together by the drifting currents.