There hasn’t been a worse time to be a coral in recent history. Record-breaking sea surface temperatures have persisted ...

The coral reefs of Carriacou, Grenada were badly damaged by Hurricane Beryl two months ago. Footage reveals the resilience of ...

2024 — Parasites thought only to infect tropical coral reefs have been discovered in a large variety of creatures in cold marine ecosystems along the Northeast Pacific, according to new ...

Tropical rainforests and coral reefs are both highly complex ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity. Coral reefs are often described as underwater rainforests. -- Maui Ocean Center photo ...

The Coral Reef Rescue Initiative is implementing a collaborative strategy that aims to improve the management and protection ...

The analogy is often drawn to tropical rainforests, which are also extremely diverse and exist in nutrient poor conditions. The key to the existence of coral reefs rests in the rapid recycling of ...

In the tropical waters off the coast of Indonesia ... In time, it helps to create one of nature’s most spectacular ecosystems: a coral reef. Orange, blue, and sparkling-silver fish dart around ...

Bleaching of the coral in the Great Barrier Reef, north-east Australia which is caused by global warming The Great Barrier Reef became a recognised area of ecological importance when it was ...

though one we’re on a path to blast past—70 to 90 percent of tropical coral reefs will disappear. And if the world surpasses 2 degrees Celsius, virtually all of them will die off. That would ...

Corals are animals, found mostly in tropical waters ... then fuse together to make larger colonies. Coral reefs may only cover 0.2% of the seafloor, but they provide a habitat to more than ...

Both temperature and salinity affect calcification, restricting tropical coral reefs to waters between 23–29°C and in a salinity range of 32–40‰ (Figure 5). The reliance of hermatypic (e.g ...

which means more comparisons to unlock the mysteries of coral reef resilience. A key element of this study is better understanding the differences between upwelling and non-upwelling zones. The ...