{"id":1868,"date":"2016-09-15T15:54:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T14:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1868"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:45:17","slug":"what-is-coral-spawning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1868","title":{"rendered":"What is coral spawning?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:15px;background-color:#2121216e\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1171\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/coral-spawning1171.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1868\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/coral-spawning1171.jpg 1171w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/coral-spawning1171-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/coral-spawning1171-1024x370.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/coral-spawning1171-768x277.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/coral-spawning1171-18x7.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 1171px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 1171px)\" title=\"What is coral spawning?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Once a year, on cues from the lunar cycle and the water temperature, entire colonies of coral reefs simultaneously release their tiny eggs and sperm, called gametes, into the ocean. The phenomenon brings to mind an underwater blizzard with billions of colorful flakes cascading in white, yellow, red, and orange.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/coral-spawning.html\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/coral-spawning.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Once a year, on cues from the lunar cycle and the water temperature, entire colonies of coral reefs simultaneously release their tiny eggs and sperm, called gametes, into the ocean. The phenomenon brings to mind an underwater blizzard with billions of colorful flakes cascading in white, yellow, red, and orange. Continue reading \u2192 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1869,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1868","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2030,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1868\/revisions\/2030"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}