An exceptionally large coral—a structure made up of small marine animals and calcium carbonate—discovered in the Great Barrier Reef is described in Scientific Reports this week. It is the widest and sixth tallest coral ...
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Aug 19, 2021
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Serena Hackerott is giving coral researchers a much-needed beacon of hope for the future of coral restoration and conservation.
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Aug 5, 2021
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Coral bleaching and the ecological degradation of coral reefs have become increasingly severe due to the global warming and human activities. As mixotrophic organisms, scleractinian coral can not only obtain energy through ...
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Jun 28, 2021
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In 2015, nearly half of Hawaii's coral reefs were affected by the most severe bleaching event to date. Coral bleaching occurs when warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures prompt corals to expel the algae that normally live ...
Ecology
May 28, 2021
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Australian researchers recently reported a sharp decline in the abundance of coral along the Great Barrier Reef. Scientists are seeing similar declines in coral colonies throughout the world, including reefs off of Hawaii, ...
Ecology
May 27, 2021
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The current prognosis for our world's coral reefs is bleak. With ever warming, more polluted and acidic oceans, models predict that 70% to 90% of coral reefs will be lost by 2050. To date, there has not been a global system ...
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May 19, 2021
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Images of bare, naked white coral reefs have been increasingly circulating around the world. The typically colorful reefs of tropical oceans, which are home to many species of the marine ecosystem, are suffering from rising ...
Ecology
May 7, 2021
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Coral can fight back against attacking juvenile crown of thorns starfish—using stinging cells to injure and even kill, showing that coral are not as passive as people may think.
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May 5, 2021
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A study by University of Guam researchers has found that shade can mitigate the effects of heat stress on corals. The study, which was funded by the university's National Science Foundation EPSCoR grant, was published in ...
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Apr 29, 2021
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Providing corals with cocktails of natural probiotics could enhance their tolerance to stress and reduce mortality in coral bleaching events.
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