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Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Coral in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...
Researchers at the University of Miami are hoping that hybrid corals, created by breeding local corals with those that thrive ...
Florida’s devastated coral reefs can’t seem to catch a break. The marine heat wave of 2023, combined with an epidemic of ...
The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...
The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...
Those efforts are already underway. In May, scientists from the University of Miami collected 13 elkhorn coral specimens from the waters of Tela Bay in the world’s first attempt to breed corals ...
Called the Benthic Underwater Microscope Imaging PAM, or BUMP, this microscope is diver-operated and allows scientists to ...
Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered ...
Scientists have successfully spawned a cross-bred coral and plan on planting them just off Biscayne Bay in Miami.
The survival of this reef is baffling. Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), once common across the Caribbean, has declined by up to 98% in many areas due to warming seas, disease and pollution. Yet ...
Shell-forming animals like corals, crabs, oysters and urchins are getting hit first because ocean acidification robs seawater of the compounds these creatures need to build shells and skeletons, ...