Synchronised bleaching: Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef are bleaching in unison for the first time
On the Great Barrier Reef, bleaching is underway in the northernmost section. This is the sixth bleaching event on the Great ...
This is the heartbeat of efforts to save a global icon. Is it too late?
“The only solution is for the whole world to get together and stop polluting the earth with carbon emissions,” says Hoggett. ...
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The ‘Elegant’ Math Model That Could Help Rescue Coral Reefs
Physicists and marine biologists built a quantitative framework that predicts how coral polyps collectively construct a variety of coral shapes. Since before she could remember, Eva Llabrés was a ...
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‘Tiny’ creature — with long polyps and tentacles — found near AL coast is new species
Parasphaerasclera mcfaddenae is a new species of soft coral that has a yellow center and long polyps with tentacles, according to a study published March 10 in Zootaxa, a scientific journal for ...
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Cryopreservation at Mote coral gene bank allows for creation of a genetic time capsule
Corals are colonies of tiny polyps that eat plankton. They live in a symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae algae, which feed on coral waste and carbon dioxide and provide the coral oxygen and ...