As ocean temperatures rise as a result of climate change, coral reef ecosystems face a high risk of extinction, according to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Over 50% of corals have been lost ...

Saving coral reefs might be possible with the power of … sound? Scientists have found that playing certain sounds through underwater speakers can help restore damaged coral ecosystems. This ...

Coral reefs, once thriving underwater cities teeming with life, now face an unprecedented crisis. Scientists have declared that coral reefs have become the first major environmental system on Earth to ...

Researchers compared DNA from corals and their symbiotic organisms from two sites along the Pacific coast of Panama to better understand how the different members of the coral holobiont influence ...

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In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...

The word “extinct” still shocks the senses when applied to species that play such vital roles in our ecological and economic landscape. So when NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Researchers have discovered playing the ambient sounds of healthy coral reefs underwater helps encourage vital reef-building coral, suggesting a promising path for repairing weakening reefs around the ...

Floridians are not used to hearing the word “extinct” applied to species that play significant roles in the state’s ecological and economic landscape. So last week, when researchers with the National ...

The coral reefs along Kenya’s coast, once vibrant ecosystems teeming with life, are now at a critical tipping point. The coral reefs along Kenya’s coast, once vibrant ecosystems teeming with life, are ...

Floridians are not used to hearing the word "extinct" applied to species that play significant roles in the state's ecological and economic landscape. So last week, when researchers with the National ...