Giant clams (Tridacninae) are among the largest bivalves inhabiting Indo-Pacific coral reefs, where they perform critical ecological functions, including reef building, nutrient cycling and habitat ...

The Clock Is Ticking for New Mexico to Cut Rio Grande Water Use A Texas-Sized Water Crisis Trump Lashes Out at National Academies of Sciences Over Climate Guide For Judges The Philippines has ...

Divers touched or hit the reef, on average, about once every four minutes. More than 40% of those contacts caused visible damage, including broken corals or sediment deposited onto living coral.

Coral reefs are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth, shaped by complex interactions between physical drivers (temperature, light, hydrodynamics), chemical processes (nutrient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of the world's reef-building coral species are now considered endangered and 44% of corals globally are at risk of extinction ...

Coral reefs, nurturing hubs of marine biodiversity, are grappling with mounting threats from environmental shifts. Traditional monitoring techniques, often laborious and invasive, are proving ...

Titouan Bernicot was born on a tiny atoll called Ahe in the Tuamotu Archipelago in the South Pacific, north-east of Tahiti.

A new theory explains how juvenile crown-of-thorns sea stars (commonly known as starfish) can destabilize coral reefs. The 'degraded reef framework' explains how the loss of live coral, which crown-of ...

Conservation groups have launched a new initiative to safeguard coral reefs in Yap, a state in the Federated States of Micronesia, through both scientific innovation and traditional stewardship. The ...

From Cuba, new clues to coral reef survival In the summer of 2023, a small research vessel set out to do something no scientific expedition had done before: circle the entire Cuban archipelago, ...

A healthy coral reef with both hard corals and softer-bodied relatives at Chinchorro Reef in the Mexican Caribbean Sea. (Photo courtesy of David Paz-Garcia) In 1980, the National Museum of Natural ...

An international consortium of scientists and artists, known as the Coral Art-Science Consortium, have joined forces to spark ...