What do these fossilised corals reveal?

Shuchita Jha

Over 7,000 years old Caribbean coral reef fossils revealed that fishing has altered the food-web, sizes and population of several species of fish over the millennia, and severely reduced the abundance of sharks. They also found one of the first pieces of evidence for "the predator release effect" phenomenon, wherein the size of prey-fish increases as their predators decrease.

Shuchita Jha

Shuchita is a journalist with over 10 years of experience. Her work, in multimedia format, focuses on the interconnectedness of the environment, climate change, energy transition, and human rights. She is an accredited Solutions Journalism trainer.