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Coral adaptation unlikely to keep pace with global warming

Coral adaptation to ocean warming and marine heatwaves will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions of global greenhouse gas emissions,…

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Scientists discover world’s largest coral in Solomon Islands

STORY: :: Scientists have discovered the world’s largest coral :: Solomon Islands :: The mega coral is three times larger…

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World’s largest coral discovered and it’s longer than a blue whale

At 111 feet wide, 104 feet long, 18 feet high, and 600 feet around this stunning organism in the southwest…

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Young coral use metabolic tricks to resist bleaching

Coral larvae reduce their metabolism and increase nitrogen uptake to resist bleaching in high temperatures, according to a study published…

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How to Help Restore Coral Reefs in the Maldives

I’d been home for six months when the email arrived: “With the help of photosynthetic algae and guard crabs, sufficient…

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Here’s how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans

Coral after an episode of bleaching fadhlanbr/Shutterstock Coral reefs may be more capable of adapting to hotter and more acidic…

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Dead coral skeletons hinder reef regeneration by sheltering seaweed

The structural complexity of coral reefs creates a vibrant underwater city populated by a diverse assortment of characters. Ironically, this…

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Microplastics found in coral skeletons

Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in coral have found that all three parts of the coral anatomy —…

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Florida’s coral reefs are still ailing but doing better : NPR

A partially bleached staghorn coral that was planted by scientists is visible, Aug. 4, 2023, on Paradise Reef, near Key…

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Record-breaking Coral Sea temperatures threaten the Great Barrier Reef

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef faces critical danger from back-to-back bouts of extreme ocean heat. Ocean heat in the Coral Sea…

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