Coral reefs provide stunning images of a world under assault
Miami, May 9
Humans don’t know what they’re missing under the surface of a busy shipping channel in the…
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The Race to Rebuild the World’s Coral Reefs
In the late 1990s, Vaughan learned that Aqua Life, an ornamental-fish-breeding operation on a small island in the Bahamas, was shutting down. Harbor Branch…
Great Barrier Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching
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Canberra, March 18
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering…
Rare, untouched coral reef discovered off Tahiti near the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’
A new and expansive coral reef system has been discovered off the coast of Tahiti on the border of the ocean's "twilight zone," and shows encouraging signs…
Bright Spots in the Global Coral Reef Catastrophe
Astonishingly, however, by 2010 global coral coverage was roughly back to pre-1998 levels. “That’s good news,” says Souter. “Even though reefs got knocked…
Coral, meet coral: How selective breeding may help the world’s reefs survive ocean heating
Lismore (Australia), August 21
A single generation of selective breeding can make corals better able to…
Coral reefs prevent more than $5.3 billion in potential flood damage for U.S. property owners, study…
Coral reefs provide many services to coastal communities, including critical protection from flood damage. A new study led by researchers at the University…