Coral reefs over the past 12,000 years grew best when the ocean temperature was 77 degrees Fahrenheit (25 degrees Celsius), ...
Scientists have discovered a massive deep-sea coral reef system off the coast of Argentina that may be one of the largest on ...
Some corals are more resilient against coral bleaching than others. By monitoring coral reefs in the West Philippine Sea from ...
Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...
A recent report on global tipping points warned that coral reefs face widespread dieback and have reached a point from which they cannot recover.
Spotted as part of a citizen scientist project, the “undulating meadows” of Pavona clavus coral stretch over an area half the ...
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A football pitch-sized coral colony is the Great Barrier Reef – and probably the world’s – largest
A mother-daughter team of citizen scientists has discovered a single coral colony on the Great Barrier Reef stretching more ...
Ocean temperatures have been extremely hot this summer, wreaking havoc on some of the world's highly vulnerable coral reefs. With marine heat waves only expected to get worse as the climate changes, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Two years ago almost to the day, my wife Tracy and I found ourselves ...
MIAMI — Humans don’t know what they’re missing under the surface of a busy shipping channel in the “cruise capital of the world.” Just below the keels of massive ships, an underwater camera provides a ...
New research reveals the dire threat that climate change poses to coral reefs, one of the most important ecosystems in the world. Within 20 years, 70-90% of coral reefs will likely die. By 2100, there ...
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