While reproductive strategies vary with the diversity of coral species, synchronous spawning events can cloud the water column with gametes and larvae (Figure 3). While all scleractinian corals ...

Yet due to global warming, already-delicate coral reefs throughout the Caribbean and along the coast of Florida are vanishing at unprecedented rates. Thanks to a scientific petition the Center ...

Yet due to global warming, already-delicate coral reefs throughout the Caribbean and along the coast of Florida are vanishing at unprecedented rates. Thanks to a scientific petition the Center ...

TSURUOKA, Yamagata Prefecture--A species of coral previously not found this far north in Japanese waters has been found to be thriving, a possible sign of global warming, according to an expert.

They are very similar to the original communities and have contributed to the recovery of the functioning of the coral reef, a habitat where species usually grow very slowly. Thus, these colonies ...