Building Better Reefs: Why the Material Beneath the Coral Decides Restoration Success
A new review argues that the success of artificial coral reefs depends on replacing concrete, plastics, metals and wood with ...
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Coral skeleton from Maui reveals how sugarcane plantations left a 250-year pollution fingerprint on the reef
A 253-year coral core from Olowalu reef, Maui, shows that trace element pollution from sugarcane-era land use rose sharply in ...
Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Reef Villains, May Actually Boost Coral Diversity
New research from the University of Sydney shows that crown-of-thorns starfish at low densities can support coral diversity by preventing ...
Sugar Signals: Scientists Map Glycan Changes as Coral Embryos Grow
Researchers in Taiwan have produced the first total glycan profiles across coral embryonic development, finding mannose to be the dominant ...
Bacterial Inoculation Rewrites the Coral Epigenome, Study Reveals
A new Nature Communications study shows that inoculating corals with beneficial bacteria produces measurable changes in the coral host's epigenome, ...
Island Communities and Satellite Records Tell a Shared Story of Storms, Runoff and Reef Fish Poisoning
A new study of Ambae Island, Vanuatu, finds that community perceptions of intensifying rainfall and cyclones broadly match satellite records, ...
What Are Caribbean Coral Reefs Worth? A Radically Uncomfortable Question Divides Scientists
A provocative perspective argues that the controversy over replacing Caribbean corals with Indo-Pacific species exposes unresolved questions about what kind ...
3D Coral Atlas Turns Simple Field Measurements Into Reef Function Toolkit
Scientists used 206 three-dimensional coral models to show that simple field measurements can predict complex reef-building traits of Eastern Tropical ...
Ciliate Confirmed as Primary Driver of Deadly Coral Brown Band Disease
Histopathological analysis of diseased Acropora corals in the Maldives shows that the ciliate Philaster guamense invades healthy tissue, supporting its ...
Marine Heatwaves Collapse Survival of Small Corals, With Bigger Colonies Hit Hardest
A landmark study tracking more than 3,300 small corals across four eastern Indian Ocean reefs reveals that severe marine heatwaves ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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