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Global Coral Bleaching Event Is 'Biggest To Date,' Affecting 84% Of All Reefs, New Report Finds
The impacts of warming global temperatures are having a catastrophic effect on the planet's coral reefs, a new report has ...
Most of world's colourful corals go white in record-breaking bleaching
The world's rainbow reefs have gone ghostly white in seas around the globe due to record heat in the oceans, the ...
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Coral Architects: How Tiny Animals Construct Underwater Cities
Imagine diving into a crystal-clear ocean and suddenly coming face-to-face with a bustling metropolis built not by humans, ...
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World’s largest bleaching event on record has harmed 84% of coral reefs
Coral reefs around the world are losing their color ... of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs on land and a lot of creatures in the sea,” Wiedenmann said. “So, if we manage to decrease ...
Reefs in the ‘middle’ light zone along NZ’s coast are biodiversity hotspots – many are home to protected species
We still know very little about the ecology of mesophotic ecosystems, but they support long-lived protected species that form ...
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How Coral Farms and Underwater Nurseries Are Saving the Reefs
Imagine diving beneath the waves into a world bursting with color—where intricate coral structures form underwater cities ...
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The Worst Bleaching Event on Record Is Hitting Most of the World’s Coral Reefs
Coral reefs—dubbed the “rainforests of the sea ... of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs on land and a lot of creatures in the sea,” says Wiedenmann to the Washington Post ...
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As Norway Considers Deep-Sea Mining, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country Acts
In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...