Oct. 11, 2024 — New study documents a severe coral bleaching event occurring in a deep coral reef that resulted in high rates of coral mortality. Unlike many bleaching events, this was driven by ...

Coral reefs are often described as the rainforests of the sea. The (typically) vibrantly colored underwater ecosystems are built by colonies of tiny animals called polyps. Coral reefs provide ...

The structural complexity of coral reefs creates a vibrant underwater city populated by a diverse assortment of characters. Ironically, this same complexity can impede coral recovery after ...

The team wanted to examine the impact of microplastics to local coral reefs, so they focused their field work on the coast of Si Chang Island in the Gulf of Thailand. The area is known for its ...

That’s never happened before.” Coral reefs are home to roughly a quarter of all marine life, and they provide a natural barrier against storms. But they’re sensitive to temperature ...

These were scooped up for delivery to other restoration and research facilities, where they represent hope for the future of coral reefs in Florida and the Caribbean. “What we're doing here is ...

New research from the University of Sydney shows that international conservation efforts account for approximately 10 percent of fish stocks on coral reefs. Looking at fish survey data across ...

The $20,000 Award for Nature will enable the B&B Highway program to be rolled out into five new schools across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The program’s biodiversity resources were co-developed by ...

He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the International Coral Reef Society. Iain R. Caldwell is affiliated with the Wildlife Conservation Society Ocean fish populations ...

More information: Heat tolerance varies considerably within a reef-building coral species on the Great Barrier Reef, Communications Earth & Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01649-4 ...

The reef experienced a big bleaching event in 2019, a year after Kopecky began working on the island. "It basically just cooked and killed about half the corals on the reef," he recalled. But ...

Sandra Mendoza Quiroz knows how depressing news about coral reefs are – at least usually. Having worked to restore coral reefs in her native Mexico, she’s seen her efforts decimated over and ...