A scientist notices a pod of dolphins rubbing themselves against corals for self-medication.Self-medication in the animal kingdom is not only observed in humans, but also other species such as ants, bees, and parrots.Ants intentionally consume harmful rea...
Reefs
A team of researchers led by the Universities of Exeter and Bristol showed that reducing noise from motorboats through traffic calming could help fish breed more successfully in coral reefs.The scientists monitored three reefs for an entire breeding seaso...
The United Nations recently released a sweeping report on the health of the planets coral. Healthy reef coverwhere squishy polyps and colorful algae coat the white skeletons of hard coralhas dropped 14 percent in the past decade. Coastal development, ocea...
Caribbean Coral Reefs Could Face Extinction Due to an Increase in Ocean and Atmospheric Temperatures
Caribbean Coral Reefs Could Face Extinction Due to an Increase in Ocean and Atmospheric Temperatures
As a result of rising global temperatures, vibrant coral reefs crowded with marine life are diminishing across the Caribbean. Coral reefs are habitats that aid the seafood industry, are barriers for coastal communities from storms, floodingand sea-level i...
Earths oceans are home to some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. However, warming temperatures are killing off several marine animals, including coral.To save coral reefs from extinction, researchers say climate-smart policies need to be imple...
Coral reefs are a paradise, both for divers and wildlife: They provide a home or a feeding ground for nearly one-quarter of all life in the ocean. But exactly how coral nourishes itself has long been a mystery. Scientists have struggled to understand how ...
Most of us have grown up with advisements to wear sunscreen when going out on the beach. Now, though, scientists are scratching their heads and asking an important question. Could sunscreen be dangerous to coral reefs?Scientists are asking the question no...
Coral reefs are among the ocean's most wondrous achievements. Like a massive mega-city made up of microorganisms, these diverse ecosystems provide shelter for many different marine species and they're also a real treat to look at. Sadly, manmade...
Researchers have discovered a method through which oxybenzone, a popular sunscreen ingredient, harms corals.The unexpected discoveries may help in the creation and commercialization of efficient, coral-safe sunscreens.Healthy Coastal ecosystems are one of...
Corals are the foundation species for ocean and reef ecosystems but coral bleaching due toocean warming and climate change is destroying them. Recent open-access research by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, aims to offer insight into...
Coral-Algal Symbiosis May Help in Recovery from Coral Bleaching Due to Climate Change and Ocean Warm
Coral-Algal Symbiosis May Help in Recovery from Coral Bleaching Due to Climate Change and Ocean Warm
Corals are an essential marine species for reef and marine ecosystems.However, coral bleaching because of climate change and ocean warming are threatening these invertebrate animals, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Californi...
Corals, a keystone species of marine ecosystems, are being killed off because of climate change and ocean warming. Corals, along with sea anemones and jellyfish, all belong to a group of animals known as cnidarians that can establish symbiotic relationshi...
Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is suffering "mass bleaching" as corals lose their color under the stress of warmer seas, authorities said Friday, in a blow widely blamed on climate change.The world's largest coral reef syst...
Nokia has announced the global launch of its latest range of industry-leading AirScale 5G products, which cover baseband, remote radio heads, and massive MIMO active antennas with digital beamforming. The new, innovative solutions are powered by the...
Titouan Bernicot [Photo: Ryan Borne/Coral Gardeners]MO’OREA, French Polynesia. Titouan Bernicot was 16 when he had an epiphany: Everything he loved about living on an island in the South Pacific was tied to coral reefs.Mo’orea, where he...
Read MoreUnder that scenario, about 10 per cent of the world’s reefs would have escaped frequent warming impacts via natural mechanisms like the consistent upwelling of cool, deep waters. But the new analysis suggests it will be nothing like 10...
In 1998, a mass bleaching event hit reefs in the Seychelles, leading to a devastating loss of 90% of the African island nation’s live coral. While that event wasn’t caused by climate change (rather by El Niño, a recurring climate p...
On Location: November 24, 2021Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening c...
Beneath the ocean surface, an expansive network of dynamic skeletal-like invertebrates harbours at least 25 per cent of all known marine species. Both hard and soft corals provide the basis for functioning coral reefs, which are some of the planet...
One of the world’s leading producers of online word games joined a global effort to help protect the planet’s coral reefs, which a new report finds are disappearing at an alarming rate.Sweden’s MAG Interactive has unveiled six ocean-themed games t...
