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Charles Darwin sparked more than one controversy over the natural progression of life. One such case involved the evolution of coral atolls, the ring-shaped coral reefs that surround submerged ...

The process of atoll island accretion. Credit: Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.004 Ecological restoration may save coral atoll islands from the rising seas of climate ...

The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...

Did you know the Earth is home to hundreds of thousands of islands? From vast continents like Australia (often considered an ...

LAKSHADWEEP, India, March 27, 2013 (ENS) – Coral spawning, locally called “sex-on-the-reef,” has been recorded for the first time along India’s southwest coast in the waters around Lakshadweep, a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Low-lying, white-sand islands lined with palm trees and perched on tropical coral atolls are the ...

Rapture Reef was an undersea Eden, hundreds of miles out in a remote, ocean wilderness. It was a pristine, coral wonderland, renowned among marine biologists. But now it’s gone. This month, stunned ...

Ecological restoration may save coral atoll islands from the rising seas of climate change, according to an international team of scientists, conservationists, and an indigenous leader. While global ...