“Absolutely devastating”: Climate change is pushing coral reefs to extinction, experts warn
For all of the mysteries that remain about coral reefs, though, experts agree that climate change is an undisputed threat.
Climate change threatening more than 40% of the world's corals with extinction, conservation group says
Climate change is decimating the likelihood of survival for a large portion of the world's coral reefs, according to new ...
Chlorine and cocoa butter may help disease-ridden corals
SCTLD is a highly lethal disease in corals that was first spotted in 2014. According to NOAA, it affects over 20 coral ...
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Maybe coral reefs aren’t doomed after all, new research finds.
A two-year experiment found that coral reefs could endure in heated water better than expected—with one huge caveat.
44% of warm-water coral species facing extinction, conservationists warn
Conservation status for warm-water reef-building corals was analysed for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s ...
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Plastic pollution is ‘killing endangered corals reefs’ by increasing the risk of infecting them with deadly diseases
Plastic pollution in the world's oceans are threatening the already endangered coral reefs with disease, a new study has warned. More than 11 billion plastics are currently putting coral reefs ...
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As Climate Change and Pollution Imperil Coral Reefs, Scientists Are Deep-Freezing Corals to Repopulate Future Oceans
Today, the world’s coral reefs are degrading at unprecedented rates due to pollution, overfishing and destructive forestry and mining practices on land. Climate change driven by human ...
Coral reefs: What they are, why they are dying, and those on the brink of extinction
However, coral reefs worldwide are facing unprecedented threats and are dying at alarming rates. Climate change, rising sea ...
Research highlights the pressures human activities place on tropical marine ecosystems
The tropical coastlines of Southeast Asia are home to some of the most important and biodiverse marine ecosystems on the planet. But as well as being essential to communities along these coastlines, ...
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Making Coral Reef Destruction a Human Rights Issue Could Aid Conservation, Say Researchers
Subscribe for FREE “2024 marks the fourth global coral bleaching event impacting more than 50% of the world’s coral reefs, as well as other stressors such as pollution. This is an urgent reminder that ...