Normally, deep-sea reefs have a relatively low proportion of coral coverage, about 10-20%, per the news release. But this system stands out for its particular vigor: an estimated 50-60% live coral ...

Since 2022, the scientists with the deep-sea coral project in Galveston are studying ways to restore the 12 different coral species from the spill's damage.

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

The mysterious object was around 4 inches (10 centimeters) wide and appeared to be attached to a rock. ... Deep-sea coral reefs . The reefs were found around 1,000 feet beneath the ocean's surface.

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

A large bamboo coral holding benthic ctenophores, barnacles, a sea star, and ophiuroids was documented on Dive 696. Credit: ROV SuBastian /Schmidt Ocean Institute The team was mapping an ...

Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature waits in ambush. Zhou Y, Zhang R, Shen C, Mao Q, Zhang M, Zhang D (2025) ZooKeys The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

Deep-sea mining has been approved for testing in the Pacific Ocean by the International Seabed Authority for the first time since the 1970s. The move has drawn widespread condemnation from ...

The massive 2010 oil spill damaged or killed coral in the Gulf of Mexico. Now some of the $20 billion settlement is helping ...

The team uses deep-sea divers and machines to track down species of coral in the northern part of the Gulf - in areas both impacted and not impacted by the spill.

For deep-sea coral, oil contamination can have a variety of impacts, including poisoning the species or completely covering it, causing it to starve or suffocate, including completely smothering ...

Deep-sea coral does not get enough sunlight for this process and must feed entirely using its tentacles. Coral damaged by the oil spill, with a brittle starfish and an anemone attached to it.