A coral reef in Honolulu, Hawaii. Half of global coral coverage has disappeared since the 1950s. Donald Miralle via Getty Images Imagining a coral reef might bring to mind scenes teeming with fish, ...
This article was originally featured on The Conversation. When people hear about underwater reefs, they usually picture colorful gardens created from coral. But some reefs are anchored to much more ...
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For More Than 250 Million Years, Coral Reefs Have Had a Major Influence on Earth’s Changing Climate
The planet has been flipping between two main modes of carbon recovery depending on the state of coral reefs, new research ...
No audio available for this content. This is a challenging time for coral reefs. Although they cover less than 0.1% of the ocean floor, coral reefs support 25% of all marine creatures. Collectively, ...
Coral reefs help our oceans’ teeming biodiversity survive the impacts of climate change. They also protect communities from severe storms and hurricanes. What happens to corals when 40% of the world’s ...
Samuel Starko receives funding from the Forrest Research Foundation, The University of Western Australia, The Australian Research Council (ARC), and Revive & Restore. Julia K. Baum receives funding ...
The coral fragment from the seafloor off the coast of the resort Siyam World Maldives in the Noonu Atoll had a stark contrast. One inch of the coral’s light brown tips was bumpy with living polyps, ...
Most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode – and almost all will do so if global warming hits 2°C, according to a new study in the western Atlantic. An international team, led by ...
Over the past 250 million years, periods when coral reef growth has peaked have coincided with big rises in sea temperatures ...
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