New insight into coral-algae symbiosis aims to help reefs recover from mass bleaching
The results help us better understand why and how algae and corals co-exist.
Tag: reef
Pristine coral reef found in Tahiti is as yet unaffected by bleaching
The reef's surprising depth might have something to do with it.
Researchers develop a new tool to identify at-risk corals
They’re small and pretty and they need our help.
Climate change killed half the corals in the Great Barrier Reef — and it could get worse soon
We need to bring down emissions to avoid effects on more corals
Oceans could be unviable for coral reefs by 2100 due to warmer, more acidic waters
"At the end of the day, fighting climate change is really what we need to be advocating for."
Tropical forests and coral reefs are buckling under interacting threats
When it rains, it pours.
Sick reefs that sound healthy attract back marine wildlife
Scientists installed underwater speakers in dead or dying coral which played sounds typical of healthy reefs. Wildlife soon flocked back.
The Great Barrier Reef sees its greatest spawning event in recent memory
The Reef is bloody, but unbowed.
3D-printed coral can help save reefs and the fish that live there
When life takes your corals away, print more.
Researchers sequence DNA of coral and their associated organisms
They may be small, but they're far from inconsequential.
Researchers look into reviving bleached corals using ‘non-preferred’ algal symbiotes
"We want to know if it's possible that more heat tolerant, non-preferred algae could revive bleached coral communities even if ...
Miami dredging caused “extensive coral mortality and critical habitat loss” for the US’ only continental reef
It's nothing short of a tragedy.
Researchers unveil the most comprehensive atlas of coral reefs to date
Maps to the rescue.
Great Coral Reef hit by massive surge of muddy water — visible from satellite
This is just adding more salt to the wound.
Rising seas might mean more coral reef islands — if we don’t murder all the corals
We might get more 'exotic' if we dial down on the 'extinction'.
Autonomous killer drone aims to save the Great Barrier Reef
Can we please call these things Star Destroyers? Please?
UNESCO takes the Belize Barrier Reef off the endangered sites list thanks to conservation efforts
Good news regarding corals are very rare these days.
Billions of plastic pieces are entangled in the coral reefs, slowly killing them
We have a massive plastic pollution problem, with no solution in sight.
It’s “make or break” for coral reefs, says the UN head of Environment
He says the shift away from coal and plastics is good news -- but we also need more action.
Ocean exploration reveals trove of natural diversity off Cuba’s shores
The reefs seem healthier... let's try to keep them that way.
Fanged blenny ‘heroin’-like venom could be the next super-painkiller
Tiny fish, big fangs, huge possibilities.
First images of the Amazonian reef released by Greenpeace
More like Amazingonian reef, am I right?
Baby Cardinal fish follow the magnetic field back home, scientists find
Fee-shee go home.
Scientists find 1,000-km-long coral reef at the mouth of the Amazon
It's a true "Wow!" moment.
Coral disease threatens Hawaii reef
A disease called black band coral disease is affecting nearly half of the reef sites researchers have surveyed in waters ...