Corals are animals, but many are powered by the tiny photosythetic algal plants within their cells; with this energy they are capable of building geological structures. Most corals are colonial ...

Marine scientists highlights the complex interplay between heat stress, disease onset and coral ... Barrier Reef in early 2024. Led by Professor Maria Byrne from the School of Life and ...

Townsville, Australia — In a dusty, secluded corner of the Australian state of Queensland, a septuagenarian scientist is on an urgent mission to raise the alarm about the future of the planet.

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. It stretches over 2,300 kilometres along the coast of ...

Led by Professor Maria Byrne from the School of Life and Environmental ... tracked the health of 462 coral colonies at the University of Sydney’s Great Barrier Reef research station at One ...

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Chelliah said the life cycle of corals involves several crucial stages essential for the growth and maintenance of coral ...

Coral reefs are more than natural wonders: they are an essential Earth system, supporting marine life, food security ... ensuring a virtuous cycle of self-sufficiency. By leveraging public ...

Thanks to a symbiotic relationship with microscopic algae, corals also turn the Sun’s energy into food – oxygen is the byproduct. Oxygen levels on coral reefs naturally fluctuate in a daily cycle, ...

We loaded the boat and headed out to a coral reef near Summerland Key, Florida ... for signs that the restored corals we’d planted in 2015 had achieved the next critical developmental milestone in ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching ... School of Life and ...