text: ???Surprisingly, in Palau where the pH is lowest, we see a coral community that hosts more species, and has greater coral cover than in the sites where pH is normal,?? says Anne Cohen, a co-author on the study and Barkley??s advisor at WHOI. ???That??s not to say the coral community is thriving because of it, rather it is thriving despite the low pH, and we need to understand how.??