The result is a high-resolution map that gives fresh insight into the distribution of reefs. The Allen Coral Atlas initiative has identified approximately 348,000 square kilometers of shallow ...

The fate of coral reefs has been written with a degree of certainty rare in climate science: at 1.5 degrees Celsius of global ...

As warmer waters and ocean acidification reduce coral formation, the seas will take up more carbon dioxide – an effect that ...

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researchers are now able to create maps of coral biochemistry that reveal with unprecedented detail the distribution of compounds that are integral to the healthy functioning of reefs. Using an ...

Dr Mitchell Lyons, the lead author from the University of Queensland, says, ‘This is the first accurate depiction of the distribution and composition of the world’s coral reefs, with clear and ...

Currently, in order to obtain a 3D point cloud map of a coral reef, specially trained divers have to move around a section of that reef taking hundreds of photos from many angles. A considerable ...

After a disastrous year for coral reefs in which abnormally high ocean ... but until we had a complete map of the region, we didn't know how extensive this habitat was, nor how many of these ...

A map showing the topography of the Stetson Mesa north region of the Million Mounds, an important habitat supporting a diversity of marine life. Credit: NOAA Scientists recently discovered the largest ...

Record levels of heat in the ocean are causing a worldwide mass bleaching event on coral reefs. It's the second one this decade, where the delicate skeletons of corals turn a ghostly white.