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Largest-Ever Study of Coral Communities Unlocks Global Solution to Save Reefs

August 13, 2019

More than 2,500 reef systems across 44 countries were analyzed

Coral Reefs Shifting Away from Equator

July 11, 2019

New research reveals a dramatic rebalancing of young corals from tropical to subtropical waters during the last 40 years...

Altered Gene Expression May Trigger Collapse of Symbiotic Relationship

July 10, 2019

Mechanisms for maintaining stable symbiosis in coral reefs are poorly understood

Coral Reefs Can’t Return from Acid Trip

May 30, 2019

The study results validate previous research on ocean acidification threats to coral reefs

Shipwrecks off NC Coast Harbor Tropical Migrants

May 7, 2019

The artificial reefs created by these structures may be acting as stepping stones for fish that are moving northward and livi...

First Organism Discovered with Chlorophyll Genes That Doesn't Photosynthesize

April 4, 2019

The peculiar organism is dubbed "corallicolid" because it is found in 70 percent of corals around the world

Fish Diversity Linked to Caribbean Coral Reef Health

March 7, 2019

The health of coral reefs can be impacted as much by the diversity of fish that graze on them as by the amount of fish that d...

Corals Light the Way to a Healthy Partnership

January 22, 2019

Corals emit an enticing fluorescent green light that attracts the mobile microalgae that are critical to the establishment of...

Rising Sea Levels May Build, Rather than Destroy, Coral Reef Islands

November 13, 2018

Broken coral from strong waves led to the formation of coral reef islands in the Maldives

Estimating the Feeding Habits of Corals May Offer New Insights on Resilient Reefs

October 19, 2018

New research reevaluates understanding of coral feeding and could aid in identifying coral reefs more resilient to bleaching ...

Finding Nemo's Genes

September 11, 2018

An international team of researchers has mapped Nemo's genome

Rise and Fall of the Great Barrier Reef

May 29, 2018

A landmark international study examines the reef's ability to recover from abrupt environmental change over millennia

Global Warming Is Transforming the Great Barrier Reef

April 19, 2018

A new study published online Apr. 18 in Nature shows that corals on the northern Great Barrier Reef experienced a catastrophi...

Coral Reef Experiment Shows That Acidification from Carbon Dioxide Slows Growth

March 15, 2018

Ocean acidification will severely impair coral reef growth before the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissions continue...

Coral Reefs Are in Trouble—How Can People Adapt?

January 31, 2018

"Millions of coastal people in the tropics have been affected by the global coral bleaching event that unfolded over the prev...

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