Every curve and every angle of a coral colony holds the key to sustaining an array of marine species, according to University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo public impact research. UH Hilo graduate student Sofia Ferreira led a study ...
Ecology
Sep 20, 2023
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Over the past two decades, coral reefs have declined at unprecedented rates. This is in part because of extreme weather events, which cause wide-spread coral bleaching, a process during which corals lose their color because ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2023
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A volunteer seaweed removal program involving citizen scientists has seen a dramatic improvement of up to 600% coral regrowth off the coast of Magnetic Island.
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2023
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New research from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington shows warming waters are putting kelp forests in danger.
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2023
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An international team of researchers has used an extensive dataset of more than 2,000 coral reef sites to determine how fish populations and diversity of fish species are faring on the world's ocean reefs. One finding of ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2023
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As seawater temperatures rise, concern over the ability of coral to survive and reproduce also grows. Previous studies have largely focused on the effects of acclimating adult corals to warming temperatures via thermal priming, ...
New research from the University of Washington and Polar Bears International in Bozeman, Montana, quantifies the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and the survival of polar bear populations. The paper, published ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2023
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Research published in Nature warns that rising seas will devastate coastal habitats, using evidence from the last Ice Age.
Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2023
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Like the heat waves on land we have all grown familiar with, marine heat waves are being amplified by climate change. These extreme warm water events have ushered in some of the most catastrophic impacts of climate change ...
Ecology
Aug 24, 2023
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Marine heat waves are becoming more frequent under global warming and this is having a significant impact on species' ability to recover.
Ecology
Aug 23, 2023
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