More than 75 per cent of the world’s coral reefs faced potentially deadly ocean temperatures in 2023, as rising heat from ...

A team of experts from Newcastle University's Coralassist Lab has conducted a study on selectively breeding corals in order ...

The reefs in Eilat displayed widespread bleaching, a phenomenon in which the symbiosis between coral and algae fails, ...

Scientists created the world’s first heat-tolerant corals to save reefs from climate change. They bred ones with the most promising traits to produce these sea creatures. These special corals ...

Coral larvae assimilate more nitrogen and trade it to their algae symbionts for glucose under elevated temperatures ...

To address this fragility, selective breeding experiments have been conducted. Corals that are naturally more heat-resistant were selected to create more tolerant offspring. The results are ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — In the face of increased human pressures and climate change, a team of scientists have launched a new online tool to assist marine managers and restoration experts to bolster the ...

Michael Childress, Clemson University (THE CONVERSATION) Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to ...

Researchers out of the United Kingdom have successfully managed to breed heat-resistant corals in a novel study working to help protect coral reefs from worsening marine heat waves globally.