scientists continue to work to understand the intricacies and nature of facilitative interactions in coral reef communities (e.g., Cheney & Cote 2005).

Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the ... scleractinian corals explain their palaeotemperature uncertainties. Nature 283, 557-559 (1980).

New study reveals that coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat experienced a surprising 3,000-year "shutdown" in growth, from about 4,400 to 1,000 years ago, likely due to a temporary drop in sea level that ...

who leads community engagement and partnerships in Hawaii for the Nature Conservancy, told the Times. "It's not simple." 5. Red Sea Coral Reef The Red Sea Coral Reef located between Asia and ...

And reefs act as breakwaters to reduce the destructive ... Watch Reef Rescue on The Nature of Things.

More information: Curt D. Storlazzi et al, Hybrid coral reef restoration can be a cost-effective nature-based solution to provide protection to vulnerable coastal populations, Science Advances (2025).

“Hybrid coral reef restoration can be a cost-effective nature-based solution to provide protection to vulnerable coastal populations.” It underscores the benefits of restoring declining coral ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The world’s coral reefs are already in serious trouble thanks to climate change that ...

Coral reefs are more than natural wonders ... In Indonesia, a groundbreaking debt-for-nature swap supported by the GFCR is redirecting $35 million in debt payments toward coral preservation.

Coral bleaching is a global epidemic that reduces vibrant and thriving reefs to rubble. At the current rate of loss, scientists predict that we will lose nearly all of the world’s coral in ...