Craig Downs found that these organisms were damaged by oxybenzones. Ruth Gates, the first female president of an organization named for these organisms, used “assisted evolution” to create “super” examples more resistant to environmental stressors. Chocolate heir Frank Mars is leading an effort to use star-shaped rebar to restore some of these organisms in Indonesia damaged by blasting. A tissue loss disease affecting the Scleractinia (“skle-RACK-TIN-ee-uh”) or (*) “stony” variety of these organisms was first observed near Miami. Cloud brightening can reduce the need for these organisms to expel photosynthetic algae due to high temperatures in a process known as bleaching. For 10 points, name these organisms that slowly built a “Great Barrier” off the coast of Australia. ■END■
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 100% | 46% | 0% | 72.03 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Cruise | Heights | Stevenson B | 36 | 20 |
| Julian Halpern-Smith | Belmont | Lake Highland | 54 | 20 |
| Matthew Liu | Chattahoochee A | Winston Churchill B | 54 | 20 |
| Rushil Murikinati | Plymouth | Innovation Academy B | 54 | 20 |
| Jiming Chen | Hinsdale Central | Troy | 54 | 20 |
| Kevin Peng | Winston Churchill A | New Brighton | 54 | 20 |
| Javik Hodson | Moberly | Choate Rosemary Hall | 56 | 20 |
| Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | Lincoln-Way East | 57 | 20 |
| Camden Williams | Mexico | Detroit Catholic Central B | 57 | 20 |
| Costas Pavlou | Detroit Country Day | Winnebago | 57 | 20 |
| Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Johns Creek A | 57 | 20 |
| Sinecio Morales | Rockford Auburn A | Carbondale | 57 | 20 |
| Sophie Higgs | Richard Montgomery | Hunter B | 59 | 20 |
| Thomas Belcher | Saint Joseph | Parkway West | 60 | 20 |
| Addison Baker | Walter Payton | Detroit Catholic Central A | 60 | 20 |
| Charles Heydt | Midtown | Norris | 64 | 20 |
| Eric Hu | Maggie Walker B | Kinkaid | 66 | 0 |
| Clete Reinberger | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Dunbar | 67 | 10 |
| Ian Lu | Hunter A | Washington | 67 | 10 |
| Diane Buffet-Mogul | Mercer County | Mira Loma | 75 | 10 |
| Braden Booth | Dallas County | Rockford Auburn B | 75 | 10 |
| Donovan Jensen | Belvidere | St. Mark's | 75 | 10 |
| Grace Liu | Thomas Jefferson B | Barrington B | 75 | 10 |
| Atharva Upadhye | Waukee | Thomas Jefferson C | 75 | 10 |
| Ren Giusti | Norman | Irvington A | 81 | 10 |
| Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Elkhorn North | 81 | 10 |
| Monit Karmaker | Stevenson A | Solon | 81 | 10 |
| Russell Dillak | Northmont B | Innovation Academy A | 87 | 10 |
| Nate Mroz | Detroit Catholic Central C | Northmont A | 88 | 0 |
| Michael Karpov | Barrington A | West Point | 90 | 10 |
| Brian O'Connell | Woodland | John Adams B | 95 | 10 |
| Shreyas Singh | University Lab | Thomas Jefferson D | 96 | 10 |
| Ali Hamzeh | Kinkaid | Maggie Walker B | 98 | 10 |
| Anvith Vanukuri | William Fremd | Chattahoochee B | 98 | 10 |
| Liam Reed | Maggie Walker C | Canyon Crest | 98 | 10 |
| Yash Saxena | Maggie Walker A | John Adams A | 101 | 10 |
| Ave Rieger | Northmont A | Detroit Catholic Central C | 116 | 10 |