New research confronts the elephant in the room—the 'trilemma' of population growth, economic growth and environmental sustainability—and reveals the vast incompatibility of current models of economic development with ...
Environment
Sep 5, 2018
2
115
A new study found that Caribbean staghorn corals (Acropora cervicornis) are benefiting from "coral gardening," the process of restoring coral populations by planting laboratory-raised coral fragments on reefs.
Environment
Jul 25, 2017
0
3040
For the first time, scientists have assessed how many corals there are in the Pacific Ocean—and evaluated their risk of extinction.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2021
4
1310
Scientists studying nearly identical coral reef systems off Australia discovered something unusual on the reefs subjected to nearly exclusive fishing of sharks—fish with significantly smaller eyes and tails. The study is ...
Ecology
Jan 16, 2018
1
211
Some coral populations already have genetic variants necessary to tolerate warm ocean waters, and humans can help to spread these genes, a team of scientists from The University of Texas at Austin, the Australian Institute ...
Environment
Jun 25, 2015
58
241
(Phys.org) -- A team of international scientists, including a researcher from The University of Western Australia, has found that soil erosion, land degradation and climate change pose a mounting threat to coastal reefs and ...
Environment
Aug 3, 2012
3
2
Young fish can be drawn to degraded coral reefs by loudspeakers playing the sounds of healthy reefs, according to new research published today in Nature Communications.
Ecology
Nov 29, 2019
0
748
If this winter finds you stressed out and fighting a sinus infection, then you know something of what coral will endure in the face of climate change.
Environment
Jan 22, 2018
0
149
Coral reefs are among the ecosystems most severely threatened by global warming, but hopeful new evidence has emerged that some coral species may be able to adapt to warmer oceans.
Environment
Mar 10, 2012
1
0
Rising sea surface temperatures and acidic waters could eliminate nearly all existing coral reef habitats by 2100, suggesting restoration projects in these areas will likely meet serious challenges, according to new research ...
Environment
Feb 18, 2020
55
2318
