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Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) is a small, brightly colored member of the dragonet family. Machine learning enables largest study to date on aesthetic preferences and fish…
Pink sea fan. Credit: Jamie Stevens An iconic coral species found in UK waters could expand its range due to climate change, according to a…
Spiny chromis family. Credit: Dr. Sophie Nedelec Coral reef fish breed more successfully if motorboat noise is reduced, new research shows. Scientists introduced “traffic calming”…
Low levels of coral bleaching in Hawaii, 2015. Credit: Greg Asner, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science Research findings could help manage and build…
Among the ecological communities studied are corals. An international team of environmental scientists has published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study…
This is a view of the tank after 22 months in conditions expected under climate change. Credit: Rowan McLachlan 22-month study provides realistic conditions, scientists…
A subset of corals showing healthy coloration at the beginning of the heat-stress assay following either the laboratory control or variable temperature treatment. Photos such…
Coral bleaching in Okinawa, Japan. Credit: Beger Lab Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels will still be catastrophic for coral reefs, new research…
A red throat emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) checks out the camera in front of an aggregation of crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Australian…
Climate Change Will Destroy Environments, Create New Ones, and Undermine Efforts To Protect Sea Life
Climate Change Will Destroy Environments, Create New Ones, and Undermine Efforts To Protect Sea Life
A healthy coral reef in 2012 in the Northern Mariana Islands. A year later, the reef was dead. The reef is a symbol of how…
Rice University’s Lauren Howe-Kerr, left, and Adrienne Correa discovered that symbiont algae found on corals in French Polynesia are able to reproduce via mitosis and…
Corals found in an area of the ocean with extremely high levels of Carbon Dioxide in the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines. Credit: University…
Experimental set-up of mesocosms at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Credit: Chris Jury, HIMB Coral reefs are among the most biologically diverse, complex, and…
This image shows fish and coral. Credit: Tyler Eddy Coral reefs around the world are under threat because of climate change, overfishing, pollution, and more.…
Scientists reaffirm 2019 climate emergency declaration and again call for transformative change based on updated trends. In 2019, a coalition of more than 11,000 scientists…
Hypoxic ocean waters are those that have little to no oxygen. These conditions can impact both coral reef and microbial communities, such as the one…
As marine heatwaves become more commonplace, coral reefs are expelling their microscopic and colorful algae and bleaching white. Scott Reef, Australia, April 2016. Credit: Australian…
Actions in coming decade will determine whether reefs survive, scientists say. An international group of researchers representing thousands of coral scientists across the globe is…
Reef-building corals, such as elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), and their hybrid, all pictured here, coevolve with the microscopic algae that live…