The "coral defenders" are made of plastic called PHA. Similar to a potato starch, it naturally breaks down when exposed, ...

Coral reefs provide an important ecosystem for marine life, offering food and shelter among their crevices and branches for animals including fishes ... Among the biggest and best-known are the reef ...

The discovery of a 480-million-year-old sponge in China has revolutionized scientists’ understanding of early reef ecosystems ...

They were the first to examine this theory in a coral reef ecosystem under increasing thermal variability rather than just rising average temperatures. NYUAD Sir Bu Nair. Credit: Oliver Farrell ...

The animals prefer water depths between 15 and ... In large numbers, crown-of-thorns starfish can mow down wide swaths of coral reef. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ...

Coral reefs provide an important ecosystem for life underwater, protect coastal areas by reducing the power ... They help protect areas such as mangrove forests and seagrass beds that act as nurseries ...

Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn ...

members of almost every phyla of plants and animals live and die, adding particles and organic material to the sediment, and contributing to the efficient functioning of the coral reef ecosystem.

They were the first to examine this theory in a coral reef ecosystem under increasing thermal variability rather than just rising average temperatures. Comparing the metabolic rates of three reef ...

the coral structures provide the structure of the ecosystem, within which other plants and animals live. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest structure ever made by life on Earth. It’s the ...

I’ve sent eight ordinary kids from the UK to discover for themselves how the people and animals can both survive ... families is to walk all over the coral reef. CHILD: I thought it was just ...