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July 4, 2023

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Hedging Strategy for Coral Restoration Balances Diversity, Ecosystem Benefits

An international team of researchers developed an innovative new strategy for choosing a set of key coral species that will best maintain ecosystem functions critical for reef health. Their hedging approach provides a simple framework for aiding ...

How Coral Reefs Can Survive Climate Change

Similar to the expeditions of a hundred or two hundred years ago, the Tara Pacific expedition lasted over two years. The goal: to research the conditions for life and survival of corals. The ship crossed the entire Pacific Ocean, assembling the largest genetic inventory conducted in any marine ...

Coral Disease Tripled in the Last 25 Years. Three-Quarters Will Likely Be Diseased by Next Century

Research suggests warming temperatures will see nearly 80 per cent of coral in reefs diseased in the next 80 ...

Viruses Hidden in Coral Symbiont's Genetic Material Are a Potential Threat to Reefs

Microscopic algae that corals need for survival harbor a common and possibly disease-causing virus in their genetic ...
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Scientists Discover Hidden Crab Diversity Among Coral Reefs

The Indo-West Pacific is the largest marine ecosystem on Earth, but scientists who study its diversity have to contend with a problem so well-known it was remarked upon by Charles Darwin: related ...

Detecting Coral Biodiversity in Seawater Samples

Researchers have developed a method to measure coral biodiversity through extracting the environmental DNA (or eDNA) from a liter of surface seawater collected from above a reef. The method has been ...

In Hot Water: Ocean Warming Impacts Growth, Metabolic Rate and Gene Activity of Newly Hatched Clownfish

Future ocean warming and marine heatwaves could impact the growth and development of clownfish during their earliest life stages, suggests a new ...

New Study Provides First Comprehensive Look at Oxygen Loss on Coral Reefs

A new study is providing an unprecedented examination of oxygen loss on coral reefs around the globe under ocean warming. The study captures the current state of hypoxia -- or low oxygen levels -- at ...

Study Shows How Biodiversity of Coral Reefs Around the World Changes With Depth

Dramatic differences between shallow and mesophotic reefs stress the importance of studying--and conserving--these vital ecosystems along their entire depth ...

Coral-Friendly Sunscreen Provides Better UV Protection Than Existing Options

Researchers have developed a prototype for coral-reef-friendly sunscreens by using polymerization to create large molecules that still block UV radiation but are too big to penetrate our skin, coral, ...

Sea Urchin Die-Offs Threaten Caribbean Coral Reefs

The sustained loss of a once abundant species of sea urchin in the Caribbean could also result in the functional extinction of diverse coral species from the region's reefs, according to new ...

Marine Heatwaves Decimate Sea Urchins, Molluscs and More at Rottnest

Researchers believe rising sea temperatures are to blame for the plummeting number of invertebrates such as molluscs and sea urchins at Rottnest Island off Western Australia, with some species having ...

'Antisocial' Damselfish Are Scaring Off Cleaner-Fish Customers -- And This Could Contribute to Coral Reef Breakdown

'Antisocial' damselfish are scaring off cleaner fish customers -- and this could contribute to coral reef breakdown. Damselfish have been discovered to disrupt 'cleaning services' ...

Coral Reefs in the Eastern Pacific Could Survive Into the 2060s

科学家发现,一些热带珊瑚礁Pacific Ocean could maintain high coral cover into the second half of this century by shuffling the symbiotic algae they host. The findings offer a ...

Better Access to Sunlight Could Be Lifeline for Corals Worldwide

When it comes to preserving the world's coral reefs, what's going on above the surface is as important as what's going on below it, according to new ...

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Fathoming the Hidden Heatwaves That Threaten Coral Reefs

The severity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) that are increasingly impacting ocean ecosystems, including vulnerable coral reefs, has primarily been assessed using remotely sensed sea-surface temperatures ...

Invasive Rats Transform Reef Fish Behavior

Scientists have discovered for the first time that invasive rats on tropical islands are affecting the territorial behavior of fish on surrounding coral reefs. The new study shows that the presence ...

Reef Fish Must Relearn the 'Rules of Engagement' After Coral Bleaching

Mass coral bleaching events are making it harder for some species of reef fish to identify competitors, new research reveals. Scientists studying reefs across five Indo-Pacific regions found that the ...

Palau's Rock Islands Harbor Heat-Resistant Corals

Ocean warming is driving an increase in the frequency and severity of marine heatwaves, causing untold damage to coral reefs. Tropical corals, which live in symbiosis with tiny single celled algae, ...

Transplants Can Save Dying Coral Reefs, but Genetically Diverse Donors Are Key

Study uses lab-grown coral clones to determine why some coral thrive when transplanted onto coral reefs and others ...

New Study Highlights Urgent Need to Safeguard Deep Reefs -- One of the Largest and Least Protected Ecosystems

New study finds very few deep reefs have any form of protection, and face a multitude of threats, set only to escalate in the near future. Deep reefs are found below 30m and have a larger geographic ...

Mekong Delta Will Continue to Be at Risk for Severe Flooding, Study Finds

Reef corals provide an accurate, high-resolution record of the influence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on rainfall, flooding and droughts in the Mekong River Delta, ...

Coloring Microscopic Coral Larvae to Aid Tracking for Conservation and Reef Restoration

A new, low-cost staining method enables visual tracking of coral larvae as they disperse and settle in coral reefs, according to a ...

Hibernating Corals and the Microbiomes That Sustain Them

What happens to a coral's microbiome while it hibernates? A new study found microbial communities shift while a coral sleeps, which may inform coral health and recovery ...

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