Restoring degraded or destroyed coral reefs could protect nearly 3,000 people each year in Florida and Puerto Rico alone. Reefs could also prevent more than $391 million in damage to property and ...

Coral reefs are found in a wide range of environments, where they provide food and habitat to a large range of organisms as well as providing many other ecological goods and services. Warm-water coral ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared ...

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote atoll reef systems following bleaching and storms. Coral reefs are facing ...

Coral reefs act as a natural barrier to coastal storms. Reefs can absorb and weaken damaging waves. As a result, waves that hit shores are smaller and cause less flooding and erosion, saving lives and ...

Reefs can absorb and weaken damaging waves. As a result, waves that hit shores are smaller and cause less flooding and erosion, saving lives and money. Restoring degraded or destroyed coral reefs ...

Doha, Qatar: Coral Reef Protection and Restoration Programme of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has contributed greatly to preserving coral reefs, which provide food and shelter to ...

Coral reefs around the world are facing escalating threats from climate change, including widespread bleaching events and increasingly intense storms. Remote atolls, in particular, are at high risk, ...

Coral reefs are marine structures created by calcifying coral animals and their algal symbionts. Coral reef ecosystems are generally high in biodiversity, most often found in shallow tropical seas ...

These tiny exoskeletons, replicated by countless coral polyps, serve as the building blocks for massive coral reefs that fringe coastlines around the world. Unfortunately, the survival of ...

Hyderabad: Samsung has launched a new technology, Ocean Mode, to assist coral reef restoration activists and researchers in coastal communities with more effective mapping of affected areas. According ...