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As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans

Coral reefs are some of the oldest, most diverse ecosystems on Earth, and among the most valuable. They nurture 25% of all ocean life, protect coasts from storms and add billions of dollars yearly to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Identify Swaths of Coral Reefs That Might Be Able to Withstand Climate Change, Offering New Avenues for Conservation

New research has mapped more than 64,000 square miles where the crucial habitat seems to be somewhat protected from the ...
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Scientists find far more climate-resilient coral reefs than previously thought

Researchers have identified nearly 166,000 square kilometers of coral reef capable of surviving climate change — three times ...
EurekAlert!

Plastic pollution on coral reefs increases with depth and mostly comes from fishing activities, Nature study finds

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 12, 2023) — In a paper published today in Nature, researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, University of São Paulo, University of Oxford, University of Exeter, and ...

Scientists identify 64,000 sq miles of coral reef capable of surviving climate crisis

SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) - Scientists have identified nearly 166,000 sq km (64,000 sq miles) of coral reefs that are ...
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Amid record bleaching, scientists find reefs acting as if there was no heat wave at all

"When the reef leaves, the fish leave also. People are going to start going hungry." ...

Mass coral bleaching hits Great Barrier Reef for the fifth time in eight years

Aerial surveys over two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef have confirmed "widespread" bleaching. Credit: Diana Kleine Hundreds ...
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The hairy ghost pipefish shows coral reefs still hold strange secrets

Scientists recently described the hairy ghost pipefish, Solenostomus snuffleupagus, after years of confusion around a ...
Reuters

Pollution killing world's coral reefs

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Dainty blue fish dart around coral shaped like moose antlers near the Mexican resort of Cancun, but sickly brown spots are appearing where pollution threatens one of the ...
Yahoo

As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Healthy corals like these on Australia's Lady Elliot Reef could disappear by the 2030s if climate change is not curbed. Rebecca ...
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Plastic pollution on coral reefs increases with depth and mostly comes from fishing activities, study finds

This Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium) is hanging on to a fishingline while camouflaging itself with a piece of a blue plastic bag at about 130-m depth in the Philippines. These urchins usually pick up ...
The Conversation

As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep‑freezing corals to repopulate future oceans

Coral reefs are some of the oldest, most diverse ecosystems on Earth, and among the most valuable. They nurture 25% of all ocean life, protect coasts from storms and add billions of dollars yearly to ...