Tag: Coral reefs
Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems...
Sam Purkis, University of Miami
The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth....
Watching a coral reef die as climate change devastates one of...
Sam Purkis, University of Miami
The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote,...
Ocean warming threatens coral reefs and soon could make it harder...
Shawna Foo, Arizona State University
CC BY-NDAnyone who’s tending a garden right now knows what extreme heat can do to plants. Heat is also a...
Biodiversity helps coral reefs thrive – and could be part of...
Cody Clements, Georgia Institute of Technology
Coral reefs are home to so many species that they often are called “the rainforests of the seas.” Today...
Seaweed and sea slugs rely on toxic bacteria to defend against...
Samantha Mascuch, Georgia Institute of Technology and Julia Kubanek, Georgia Institute of Technology
Plants, animals and even microbes that live on coral reefs have evolved...
Coral reefs provide flood protection worth $1.8 billion every year –...
Michael Beck, University of California, Santa Cruz
The news is grim: According to a report compiled by hundreds of scientists from 50 countries, Earth is...
Coral reefs provide flood protection worth $1.8 billion every year –...
Michael Beck, University of California, Santa Cruz
The news is grim: According to a report compiled by hundreds of scientists from 50 countries, Earth is...
There are dozens of sea snake species in the Indian and...
Harvey Lillywhite, University of Florida
Beachgoers often find unusual things that have washed up with the tides. But many people were surprised when a venomous...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
