The world we know today is changing faster than at any point in recent history. Our most iconic natural landmarks face ...
UC Davis researchers are studying why some corals can stand heat and heal from bleaching. The answers could help protect ...
Scientists have found that the 2023 marine heat wave caused “functional extinction” of two Acropora reef-building coral species living in the Florida Reef, which stretches from the Dry Tortugas ...
Two important Florida coral species have been left 'functionally extinct' by an ocean heatwave, scientists have found. Two years after a devastating marine heatwave, scientists have confirmed that the ...
After 10,000 years, they're now gone. Nearly all of Florida’s critically endangered Acropora coral colonies are now dead, after a record-breaking ocean heat wave in 2023. This marks the species’ ...
Elkhorn and staghorn corals, which take their names from the antler shapes they resemble and belong to the Acropora family, are fast-growing "reef builder" species that long dominated waters off ...
New research reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida's Coral Reef. Scientists have documented catastrophic mortality of these critically endangered corals following a ...
A new research paper published in Science reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef. Scientists documented catastrophic mortality of these critically endangered ...
Elkhorn and staghorn corals used to carpet Florida’s reef system, rising like antlers from the seabed — but not anymore. These crucial coral species are now “functionally extinct” in the region after ...
New research has revealed a unique mechanism in reef-building corals that allows them to switch their light sensitivity between ultraviolet and visible light using chloride ions from their environment ...
The recent discovery of five new coral species around the Indo-Pacific could have critical implications for management of the Great Barrier Reef and other reefs, according to the scientists behind the ...