Highest coral cover in central, northern Reef in 36 years
The northern and central Great Barrier Reef have recorded their highest amount of coral cover since the Australian Institute of ...
Tag: Coral
NCAR study identifies where coral reefs may be buffered against warming oceans
As warming ocean temperatures threaten the existence of coral reefs, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have ...
Computer modelling aims to inform restoration, conservation of coral reefs
A UBC Okanagan research team has created a computer modelling program to help scientists predict the effect of climate damage ...
Coral reproductive capacity decreases with water depth
Credit: Jessica Bellworthy Researchers found that the reproductive activity of soft coral is much weaker where reefs are in ...
Even in the most pristine coral reefs, microplastics are pervasive
Even in the most pristine coral reefs, microplastics are pervasive Credit: Catherine Sheila, Pexels, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Even in the most ...
Shedding new light on coral Black Band Disease
UNC-Chapel Hill biologists examine the links between microbial mats and a type of coral disease that has become an urgent ...
Coral pathogen kills competitors in coral microbiota via prophage induction
Coral is a complicated holobiont, harboring an array of life forms at different scales, including coral cells, zooxanthellae, and associated ...
Checking coral reef health one tile at a time
A blueprint for measuring calcium carbonate on the ocean floor could help marine scientists monitor coral reef health around the ...
Pioneering study shows climate played crucial role in changing location of ancient coral reefs
The study, published in Nature Communications, demonstrates how changes in temperature and plate tectonics, where the positions of Earth’s continents ...
British coral predicted to be resilient to climate change
An iconic coral species found in UK waters could expand its range due to climate change, new research shows. Credit: ...
AI learns coral reef ‘song’
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can track the health of coral reefs by learning the "song of the reef", new research shows. ...
Snap, crackle, pop: Healthy coral reefs brimming with noise #ASA182
DENVER, May 25, 2022 – A healthy coral reef is loud. Like a busy city, the infrastructure leads to more ...
‘Traffic calming’ boosts breeding on coral reefs
Coral reef fish breed more successfully if motorboat noise is reduced, new research shows. Credit: Dr Sophie Nedelec Coral reef ...
Watch dolphins line up to self-medicate skin ailments at coral “clinics”
If a human comes down with a rash, they might go to the doctor and come away with some ointment ...
Caribbean coral reefs need our help
Vibrant coral reefs teeming with marine life are diminishing throughout the Caribbean as global temperatures rise. Coral reefs are habitats ...
Understanding how sunscreens damage coral
You can love something to death. That is one way of thinking about a new Stanford University study that reveals ...
New Curtin research resurrects ‘lost’ coral species
With about one-third of the world’s corals currently under threat of extinction due to climate change, Curtin researchers have made ...
Discovery about coral-algal symbiosis could help coral reefs recover after bleaching events
Corals are keystone species for reef and marine ecosystems but coral bleaching due to climate change and ocean warming is ...
Climate resilient microalgae could help restore coral reefs
Coral species exhibit different temperature tolerances. This is in part due to the composition of their microalgae symbionts. With a ...
Reforming coral reefs using 3D printing
The world's coral reefs are becoming extinct due to many factors such as global warming and accelerated urbanization in coastal ...
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Reinvigorating ‘lost cause’ exhausted T cells could improve cancer immunotherapy
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A new method boosts wind farms’ energy output, without new equipment
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Researchers fabricate cobalt copper catalysts for methane on metal-organic framework Contributes to goal of methane production from carbon dioxide emissions
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New insights on how some individuals with obesity can lose weight – and keep it off
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Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores
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The North American Menopause Society releases its 2022 Hormone Therapy Position Statement