Tropical corals are famous for their captivating colors thanks to microscopic algae inhabitants. Glowing, on the other hand, is not standard fare for tropical reefs. Glowing corals in New ...

Tel Aviv University researchers prove for the first time the purpose of coral reefs' fluorescent glow. Israel National News Jul 17, 2022, 7:20 PM (GMT+3) Tel Aviv University Coral Reefs.

Corals generally get their glow from fluorescent pigments that act as sunblock. The sun's intense rays, which can sunburn swimmers and divers that flock to these reefs, cause similar damage to ...

Studies show that this glowing trait has evolved independently more than 100 times over the past 112 million years. ... As coral reefs recovered and expanded, ...

Inside the state-of-the-art facility helping to save the Great Barrier Reef. It looks like something from a futuristic sci-fi movie, but the rows of glowing coral tell a far greater story.

It looks like something from a futuristic sci-fi movie, but the rows of glowing coral actually tell a real-life story of scientists’ desperate race to save the Great Barrier Reef from ecological ...