Listening to a coral reef is like listening to an orchestra ... but Dr Scott Bachman (also at NCAR) is applying high resolution modelling to identify where they create ‘thermal refugia ...

Coral reef ecosystems are generally high in biodiversity, most often found in shallow tropical seas, and are threatened by factors including ocean acidification, global warming and sea level rise.

With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns ...

8% (235 species) of the coral reef fishes in the Coral Triangle are endemic or locally restricted species. Within the Coral Triangle, four areas have particularly high levels of endemism (Lesser Sunda ...

“They clearly form a significant inter-reef habitat which covers an area greater than the adjacent coral reefs.” Bioherms are formed by the calcium carbonate remains of a common green algae that has a ...

NOAA Coral Reef Watch's global 5km-resolution satellite Coral Bleaching ... This figure shows the regions, around the globe, that experienced high levels of marine heat stress (Bleaching Alert ...

What is the staghorn coral? Like its name suggests, staghorn coral is a species of coral that looks a bit like the antlers of a male deer. Capable of growing into thickets up to five feet high and ...

A new study has found that nearly half the coral trout caught on the Great Barrier Reef come from marine reserves—where ...

JOHOR BARU: A non-governmental organisation is conducting bi-weekly surveys on some of the popular islands in the country following reports of mass coral bleaching. Reef Check Malaysia (RCM ...

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on the planet. It's home to a quarter of our marine life and serves as a carbon sink, removing CO2 from the atmosphere. At its core is coral ...

The study found that fish in the Arabian Gulf have a higher tolerance to temperature changes compared to those living in more stable coral reef environments. However, despite this increased ...