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University of Waterloo researchers have pinpointed for the first time how microplastics accumulate in coral reefs, a key step to understanding how to protect vulnerable ecosystems. A team at ...

University of Miami researchers and collaborators have expanded an offshore reef restoration and coastal resilience project ...

Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life, with about one-quarter of all ocean species depending on reefs for food and shelter at some point in their lifecycle.

What if you could plant a coral the way you plant a tree—and bring a dying reef back to life? That question became a calling for Sam Teicher, co-founder of Coral Vita, a company working to restore one ...

A new global analysis maps reefs with the greatest potential to withstand warmer temperatures, strengthening calls for their ...

When Andrew Baker looks out at the vacant lot next to his office on Virginia Key, he doesn’t see the trees or grass that are there now. He sees a factory of the future. One story tall, roughly the ...

A Queensland University of Technology researcher in Australia discovered an ocean phenomenon that could save coral reefs despite the changing climate, the university shared via Phys.org. Marine ...

Most coral reefs in the Caribbean could stop growing, and even start eroding away, by 2040 if global warming continues unchecked, a new study finds. Coral reefs, especially those near shores, protect ...