Few feel the pain of the Great Barrier Reef's decline more acutely than the scientists trying to save it. Ahead of next week's UN climate summit, two researchers write of their grief, and hope.
Plants & Animals
Sep 19, 2019
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Scientists say bolder actions to protect coral reefs from the effects of global warming will benefit all ecosystems, including those on land.
Environment
Sep 18, 2019
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Super-corals from extreme reefs can acclimatize to temperatures much lower than their natural environment but struggle to cope with their home reefs becoming hotter due to climate change, according to a global research team ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2019
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A prominent JCU shark researcher is part of an international team that found shark babies can't reach their physical peak if they're born into environments degraded by human-induced stressors, including climate change.
Ecology
Sep 17, 2019
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A group of Australian scientists has created the world's first computer model that can accurately predict the movements of baby coral trout across the Great Barrier Reef. The study confirms the importance of fish larvae produced ...
Ecology
Aug 1, 2019
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Being a fussy eater is a problem for reef fish who seek refuge from climate change on deeper reefs. But, scientists discovered, the coral that these fussy fish eat can support them.
Plants & Animals
Jul 23, 2019
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Coral reefs are retreating from equatorial waters and establishing new reefs in more temperate regions, according to new research in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series. The researchers found that the number of young ...
Environment
Jul 10, 2019
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Three researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have made a groundbreaking discovery that could enhance the ability of reef-building corals to survive a rapidly warming and disease-filled ocean.
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2019
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An international group of scientists is making major advances in sustaining the world's environments, untangling the intricate ways in which people and nature depend on each other.
Environment
Jun 24, 2019
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Scientists have revealed the torrid, adulterous love lives of the mouth-brooding cardinalfish, with cuckoldry going hand-in-hand with cannibalism of the young.
Plants & Animals
Jun 5, 2019
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