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The researchers are looking for ways to help reefs survive global warming. The work could provide a blueprint for working ...
The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly ...
If you’re more interested in feathered friends than finned ones, the Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center is a haven for avian appreciation. This sanctuary nurses injured birds back to health, ...
Even as President Trump calls for slashing the funding of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, reefs are dying just a ...
Scientists transplant crossbred corals off Miami's coast to help local reefs combat climate change effects, introducing ...
Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...
Corals that build reefs often share their calcium carbonate skeleton with tiny algae that photosynthesise like plants on land. The coral host gains food, the algae shelter. These algae are also ...
The (A), mean ocean anthropogenic carbon uptake in 2081 to 2099 of RCP4.5 and the (B), coral reef-driven anomaly in ocean anthropogenic carbon uptake in 2081 to 2099 of RCP4.5150.
Runoff from land also hurts coral reefs, both through sediment and through nutrient pollution. Florida has a very active artificial reef program, with more than 4,000 reefs deployed since the 1940s.
Australia’s Ningaloo Reef is sick, like many coral reefs around the world. And scientists warn reef restoration projects are no substitute for climate action.
SINGAPORE: The National Parks Board (NParks) on Tuesday (Dec 10) launched an initiative, dubbed as Singapore’s "most extensive coral restoration effort", to plant 100,000 corals.