Coral reefs form a vital part of the marine ecosystem, playing host to diverse species and supporting multiple industries, ...

"The discovered reefs are novel for several reasons – in shallow reefs where finding 10-20% of coral cover would be considered a relatively unhealthy reef, in the deep-sea this is the norm ...

"It plays a crucial role in marine ecosystems by making nitrogen from the atmosphere available to other sea life, but now we ... which have devastated our coral reefs for decades," Dr Mos said.

Scientists first acclimated the babies to saltwater tanks before handing over 300 corals each to organizations on the ...

The "Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef" exhibit is now on view in Natural ... Variations of hyperbolic space can be found in nature (the wavy edges of sea kelp, for example), but mathematicians ...

We are of course talking about coral polyps, the soft-bodied organisms that together can form reefs the size of ... withdrawing life support for other sea life. Red sea corals provide breeding ...

As oil rigs sit for years on end, aquatic life ... for these sea creatures that have been dubbed locally as “Cajun coral.” Natrx placed 10,000 square feet of the artificial reefs in the ...

Erinn Muller should have reason to despair. The marine biologist studies coral health in Florida, a state whose reefs have been devastated by extreme heat, increasingly ferocious hurricanes and ...

She then pressed the paste onto the surface of the coral around the ... working to protect the reef. The outbreak is quite literally threatening Bonaire’s way of life, the primary source of ...

The highest sea ... reef's survival, say scientists. Ocean heat records have been breaking for months. This is the first global evidence of the impacts on sea life. The world's biggest coral ...