Dec. 18, 2024 — Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel ...

Coral reef ecosystems are generally high in biodiversity, most often found in shallow tropical seas, and are threatened by factors including ocean acidification, global warming and sea level rise.

These maps show where coral ... damage. But, restored reefs also benefit industries like tourism, recreation, and fisheries. As a result, the true economic value of coral reef restoration is likely ...

The coral reefs of Verde Island Passage, an epicenter of marine reef fish biodiversity, bleached in 2010. Bleaching events in 2016 and 2021 also affected areas in the Sulu Sea, Visayan Sea, Palawan, ...

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote atoll reef systems following bleaching and storms. Coral reefs are facing ...

Rivals in the South China Sea developing artificial islands to back up their claims have destroyed nearly 28.3 square kilometers of coral reefs, with China responsible for the most damage followed by ...

Doha, Qatar: Coral Reef Protection and Restoration Programme ... presence of five other types of soft coral, including two in deep waters and three in shallow waters, indicating the richness ...

Shares of The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) surged in January amid growing anticipation of support for deep-sea mining under the Trump administration. TMC, in partnership with the Republic of Nauru ...

This has led to unprecedented mass coral bleaching events which – combined with growing local pressures – have made coral reefs one of the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. When conditions such as ...

As a marine scientist who knew the shoreline ecosystems intimately, he also noticed something that intrigued him: Communities near coral reefs sustained less damage. That became the genesis of a ...

These tiny exoskeletons, replicated by countless coral polyps, serve as the building blocks for massive coral reefs that fringe coastlines around the world. Unfortunately, the survival of ...