Cold-water corals, many of which live in the dark and nutrient-poor deep sea, are thought to rely on bacteria to convert ...

For coral reefs, climate change is an existential threat. Australia's Great Barrier Reef has endured seven mass bleaching events over the past 25 years. Five have occurred in the past eight years.

A coral called Lophelia pertusa has been found growing on buoys left at the Darwin Mounds eight years ago New growths of a rare cold water coral have been discovered for the first time at a deep ...

The study documents the world s first effort to selectively breed adult corals for enhanced heat ... Severe Cold-Water Bleaching and Mortality of Deep-Water Reef Observed in the Eastern Tropical ...

Many organisms survive through cold winters in nature by becoming ... during fleeting spawning events when corals release egg and sperm into the water. These episodes occur over just a few ...

Large colony of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa colonized by crinoids and soft corals in 700 meters of water (Porcupine Seabight, Irish continental margin). Advanced Search Home ...

These corals — surviving at depths from 540 to more than 9,840 meters below sea level — are some of the most diverse, dense, and pristine assemblages of cold-water corals in the world. Alaska corals ...

After a 10-minute boat ride from the port, the explorer dove into the water and spotted a 100-square-meter carpet of corals on the seafloor. Vivid blue neon damsel and orange sea goldie were ...

is nurturing more than 120 rescued local coral fragments, which will be deployed on Middle Island in Deep Water Bay. There, the project aims to rebuild 20 square metres of reefs in three years.