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coral reef
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Panama’s vital ocean upwelling fails for the 1st time
Scientists report the unprecedented failure of the Gulf of Panama’s annual upwelling, a critical ocean process that has been predictable for at least four decades, raising alarms about climate impacts.
As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans
Healthy corals like these on Australia’s Lady Elliot Reef could disappear by the 2030s if climate change is…
Sentinels of the sea: ancient boulder corals are key to reef survival in a warmer world
Giacomo d Orlando Kate Marie Quigley, James Cook University Seas surrounding Australia this month hit an alarming level…
Marine heatwaves don’t just hit coral reefs. They can cause chaos on the seafloor
Shutterstock Amandine Schaeffer, UNSW Sydney; Alex Sen Gupta, UNSW Sydney, and Moninya Roughan, UNSW Sydney Most of us…
Is the Great Barrier Reef reviving – or dying? Here’s what’s happening beyond the headlines
Mike Emslie, Australian Institute of Marine Science; Daniela Ceccarelli, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and David Wachenfeld, Australian…
Reviving Marine Biodiversity: Sunken Trees Prove Effective Reef Restorers
Researchers have explored innovative approaches to restore biodiversity in response to the decline of hard substrates in marine…