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Ron and Maria Passi, who operate Murray Island's only taxi, were out driving the night the king tide struck. Neighbours flagged them down, asking for help, and so it was not until some time later that they saw their own grandchildren...

(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) Two University of Miami students have received prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from the NSF for their doctoral work on coral reefs. In fall they will be joined by Ross Cunning, who also received an Honorable Mention in the same NSF competition. They will all be part of the team working in the lab of 2008 Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation Dr. Andrew Baker who is helping to develop groundbreaking techniques to enhance the thermal tolerance of corals, and help them to survive dangerously warming oceans.