Brain coral is a hard coral, also known as a stony coral or reef builder. They cluster into colonies and ultimately create the foundation for a reef to form, ... Most of the bulk of the coral is made ...

Seeding steel frames brings destroyed coral reefs back to life It won't help with heat-driven bleaching, but other human damage can be fixed. Jacek Krywko – Mar 13, 2024 12:24 pm ...

The coral cluster is estimated to be between 400 and 800 years old. Rivalling the size of the current world record holder — a 32-by-34-meter colony found in the Pacific — this remarkable new ...

Clusters and coral reefs. This clustering can be tough on coastal communities because they don't get a chance to recover from one storm before another one hits.