Researchers seek worldwide solutions to conserve coral reefs

Coral reefs, the "rainforests of the sea," provide habitats for 25% of all marine life. Critical to global biodiversity, they ...
Talking Points Memo

As Climate Change Imperils Coral Reefs, Scientists Are Deep-Freezing Corals To Repopulate Future Oceans

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. This novel approach involves storing and cooling coral sperm and larvae, or ...
GPS World

Coral reefs at a crossroads: “Every coral we see is fighting”

No audio available for this content. This is a challenging time for coral reefs. Although they cover less than 0.1% of the ocean floor, coral reefs support 25% of all marine creatures. Collectively, ...
WKAR

Scientists are using corals from other countries to save Florida's dying reefs

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...
Inside Climate News

Coastal Communities’ Living Barriers—Mangroves and Coral Reefs—Could Soon Collapse Due to Climate Change

The mangroves in Seychelles, Aldabra Island store vast amounts of carbon but are still threatened by climate impacts. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images New Lawsuit Claims ...
Mongabay News on MSN

Coast-to-coast coral assessment reveals Thailand’s reefs losing complexity

By Carolyn Cowan Marine scientists compiling the most holistic “snapshot” of Thailand’s coral reefs to date have uncovered ...
The Columbian

Conservation efforts target Vietnam’s coral reefs

NHA TRANG, Vietnam — The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam’s Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The life-giving coral reefs below are dying. The waters are eerily devoid of fish. The bounty ...
USA Today

Coral reefs are vital to the Maldives. This is how travelers can help restore them.

The coral fragment from the seafloor off the coast of the resort Siyam World Maldives in the Noonu Atoll had a stark contrast. One inch of the coral’s light brown tips was bumpy with living polyps, ...
Space.com

Satellites are game changers for protecting coral reefs in a warming world

Coral Reef Awareness Week took place across the globe during the week of July 15 as an annual reminder of the importance of these underwater ecosystems. But seeing as how these structures are crucial ...
News4Jax

Coral reefs in Vietnam face collapse. Can conservation efforts turn the tide?

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Smithsonian Magazine

As Climate Change and Pollution Imperil Coral Reefs, Scientists Are Deep-Freezing Corals to Repopulate Future Oceans

Just as the world’s zoos breed critically endangered animals in captivity to repopulate the wild, scientists are building a global effort to freeze corals for reef restoration. Mary Hagedorn Coral ...