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Evolution Feb 22, 2024

Sentinels of the sea: Ancient boulder corals are key to reef survival in a warmer world

Seas surrounding Australia this month hit an alarming level of warming. It comes on the back of serious marine heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere summer.

Plants & Animals Feb 20, 2024

Artificial reefs help preserve coral reefs by shifting divers away from the natural ones, says study

Divers are essentially tourists who love coral reefs and invest a lot of time and effort in watching them. Unfortunately, divers also cause damage to corals, often unintentionally, by disturbing and resuspending sand, touching ...

Polymers Feb 19, 2024

Researchers develop coral-tentacle-inspired antifouling membrane spacer

A research group led by Prof. Wan Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a coral-tentacle-inspired antifouling membrane spacer through the sequential growth ...

Plants & Animals Feb 19, 2024

More coral may not equal more fish on reefs

A team of international and North Queensland researchers from James Cook University have found the link between fishes and corals may not be as strong as scientists had always assumed. The study is published in Nature Ecology ...

Ecology Feb 15, 2024

Florida coral reef still struggling after 2023 heat wave

Coral reefs off the Florida Keys islands are struggling to recover from last summer's record-breaking heat wave, new data showed Thursday, in another sign of the devastating impacts of human-caused climate change.

Ecology Feb 15, 2024

Diving deeper into our oceans: Underwater drones open new doors for global coral reef research

At the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), scientists at the Marine Genomics Unit, in collaboration with the Japanese telecommunications company NTT Communications, have identified the genera of mesophotic ...

Plants & Animals Feb 14, 2024

Cold-water coral found to trap itself on mountains in the deep sea

Corals searching for food in the cold and dark waters of the deep sea are building higher and higher mountains to get closer to the source of their food. But in doing so, they may find themselves trapped when the climate ...

Plants & Animals Feb 14, 2024

Synthetic fibers and tire abrasion found to have the strongest impact on corals

Corals feed on plankton that they catch from the seawater. Due to the increasing pollution of the oceans, they also ingest tiny plastic particles. Sometimes, the corals are unable to expel the microplastics from their bodies. ...

Plants & Animals Feb 13, 2024

Discovery of widespread coral diversity may change conservation efforts

There may be many more species of coral than we ever imagined—according to researchers from Boston University, The University of Rhode Island (URI), and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)—and they may change our approach ...

Ecology Feb 13, 2024

Satellites unveil the size and nature of the world's coral reefs

University of Queensland-led research has shown there is more coral reef area across the globe than previously thought, with detailed satellite mapping helping to conserve these vital ecosystems.

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