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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 ...

Connections between coral reefs boost their health

Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate ...

Climate extremes trigger rare coral disease and mass mortality on the Great Barrier Reef

University of Sydney marine biologists have identified a devastating combination of coral bleaching and a rare necrotic ...
Augusta Free Press

Coral reefs are at risk: What’s killing our corals, and what can we do to save them?

Coral reefs around the world are indeed still at great risk. A comprehensive survey by Canadian researchers in 2021 shows that the world’s oceans have lost about half of their coral cover since the ...

We watched these coral colonies succumb to black band disease. 6 months later, 75% were dead

This is especially worrying because these massive corals are normally quite resilient to heat stress. Even the strong are now ...
Earth.com

Ocean acidity is altering coral reefs and helping algae take over

Rising ocean acidity weakens corals, boosts algae and makes reefs flatter. Even small chemical changes reshape reef life.
Yahoo

The world's coral reefs are bleaching. What does that mean?

LONDON(Reuters) - Huge stretches of coral reef around the world are turning a ghostly white this year amid record warm ocean temperatures. On Monday, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Houston Public Media

Here is what scientists are doing to save Florida's coral reef before it's too late

Kevin Davenport, an aquarist and coral biologist, feeds krill to growing corals in a warehouse for growing and rehabilitating coral populations in Orlando, Fla., on Sept. 13. (Zack Wittman for NPR) ...
Florida Politics

Gov. DeSantis announces $30M grants to protect Biscayne Bay, coral reef

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $20 million in state grants will help clean Biscayne Bay, and another $9.5 million will help ...
New Atlas

Volcanic gas bubbles provide a 'crystal ball' for the future of coral reefs

On a remote coral reef near Papua New Guinea, endless streams of bubbles rise from cracks in the seabed into the shallow ...

We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock

Mounting evidence shows the state of coral reefs is worsening despite concerted local conservation. The answer is public pressure for meaningful climate action.
OPB

Here is what scientists are doing to save Florida’s coral reef before it’s too late

Inside a nondescript warehouse in Orlando, Fla., filled with 300-gallon aquariums, a sophisticated LED lighting system is set on a timer to mimic the sun and moon cycle of Key West, some 300 miles ...