Oct. 11, 2024 — New study documents a severe coral bleaching event occurring in a deep coral reef that resulted in high rates of coral mortality. Unlike many bleaching events, this was driven by ...

They then looked for 18 compounds in a sample of 96 reef-building stony corals representing two genera, Acropora and Favites.

Coral reefs cover less than 0.1% of our ocean, but they are home to 25% of its wildlife and provide livelihoods, food security and protection from tropical storms for an estimated 850 million people ...

In 2023, abnormal heating lingered for more than five months in some parts of the Caribbean ... (Above) Healthy elkhorn coral stand (Acropora palmata), Yucatan, Mexico. (Below) Elkhorn corals ...

Researchers measured the bleaching thresholds of more than 500 colonies of the table coral, Acropora hyacinthus, using a portable experimental system that was used at sea at 17 reefs across the ...

In a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists reported that young, lab-reared corals bred for restoration projects in several parts of the Caribbean had survived the worst of ...

Shenkar. "We sampled 96 reef-building stony corals representing two types, Acropora sp. and Favites sp., in shallow sites (5–12 meters) as well as deeper sites beyond the limits of recreational ...

The reef experienced a big bleaching event in 2019, a year after Kopecky began working on the island. "It basically just cooked and killed about half the corals on the reef," he recalled. But ...

A team of marine biologists had done everything they could to set the stage for something akin to a romantic evening for a tank full of coral. As the anticipated hour arrived at the Florida Coral ...

Scientists hope some corals will survive the mass bleaching ... Lakshadweep is among the most developed parts of India, with an equitable, highly literate society with high levels of well being ...