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Besides the coral bleaching taking place across Hawaii caused by record warmer temperatures, coral bleaching has spread to the Caribbean, having originated from the Florida Keys and South Florida.
Read moreCoral colonies of P. cylindrica have a unique internal solution to the problem of forming their skeletons and building reef structure in the face of rising ocean acidification.
Read moreThis situation is expected to last till November or December, with temperatures hovering around three to six degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal.
Read moreIn the past, coral research has focused on radar and sonar mapping of the seafloor. With this kit, which is being used for the first time, biological samples can also be collected for analysis.
Read moreDeveloped by roboticists from Queensland University of Technology, this is the world's first robot designed to search and destroy (so to speak) the dreaded crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS).
Read moreResearchers have discovered scleractinian corals that are brightly fluorescent at depths of 50–60 m. Many of them glow brightly with fluorescent colours, ranging from green over yellow to red.
Read moreCorals depend on symbiotic algae to survive and build coral reefs. Increased ocean temperatures due to climate change can cause these symbiotic algae to be expelled from the coral, an event known as bleaching, which often leads to death.
Read moreUsing the staghorn coral Acropora millepora as a model, scientists from the University of Southampton have found that the fluorescent pigments that are mostly responsible for coral colours act as sunscreens for the symbiotic algae that live
Read moreA scientist from Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic Center found the coral while doing a survey for the environmental agency, which wanted a better map of shallow reef system.
Read moreCoral reefs make up some of the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth, and face many threats such as coastal pollution, dredging and disease.
Read moreJoint expeditions performed by scientific scuba divers from MSC Basrah (Iraq) and SDC Freiberg (Germany) carried out in September 2012 and in May 2013, revealed the existence of a true live coral reef in Iraqi coastal waters for the first time eve
Read moreBenzophenone-2 (BP-2) is an additive to personal-care products and commercial solutions that protects against the damaging effects of ultraviolet light.
Read moreOdalisca Breedy, lead author of the new species report in the Journal of the Maritime Biological Association of the United Kingdom, and Hector M.
Read moreOcean researchers working on the coral reefs of Palau collected water samples at nine points along a transect that stretched from the open ocean, across the barrier reef, into the lagoon and then into the bays and inlets around the Rock Islands of
Read moreStudies by researchers at the Center of Biological Research of the Northeast (Cibnor) analyzed colonies of Porites and Pocillopora along the Gulf of California and the coast of the Mexican Pacific, where a natural acidification gradient exists.
Read moreNew research by the University of Southampton has revealed corals utilize pink and purple hues as protective sunscreen from damaging sunlight.
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