While the Great Barrier Reed needs nutrients to support the ecosystem, it is possible to have too much of a good thing.
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After a chance discovery in the lab, this team used IVF to make hundreds of coral babies for restoration projects in New South Wales. So far the IVF babies are doing well in the wild.
Many researchers are exploring high-tech ways to help reefs survive the climate crisis. But low-tech solutions like manually pulling out seaweed have a place too.
According to a new UN report, invasive species do more than US$423 billion in damage worldwide every year. Four articles explore examples, from mollusks to poisonous fish.
Rising seas are pushing coastal ecosystems to the limit of endurance. Now international research reveals a “tipping point” will be reached if we allow more than 2 degrees of global warming.
Reef corals grow vigorously in nutrient poor water – new research has found out why.
Exploring the often unseen, and poorly understood, nuances of diversity within coral reefs may prove essential for ensuring the long-term health of Earth’s oceans.
This may buy us time, but many reefs are still doomed without serious action on climate change.
In recent years, the Barrier Reef has had a reprieve – and coral has regrown strongly. But now the reprieve looks to be over and the heat is back on
Trumpetfish are the first known predator to hide behind another animal when hunting.
Incrementalism and politics as usual cannot save the Barrier Reef from the largest threat it faces – the heat ramping up from climate change
This knowledge is particularly important if we want to help reefs recover devastating events such as mass bleaching and cyclones.
Water temperatures in the 90s off Florida in July are alarming, a NOAA coral scientist writes. Scientists in several North American countries have already spotted coral bleaching off their coasts.
One of the most damaging invasive species in the oceans has breached a major barrier – the Amazon-Orinoco river plume – and is spreading along Brazil’s coast. Scientists are trying to catch up.
New research reveals baby clownfish like Nemo are incredible athletes, able to swim 10-50 body lengths per second. Their athletic traits support their journey from the open ocean back to the reef.
One meadow made enough sand to create a new island in 18 years.
Remote islands in the Indian Ocean are now strewn with plastic waste – the origin of this waste has until now not been established.
Considered too deep for most reef biologists, and too shallow for deep-sea researchers, most deep reefs are unprotected.
Rats are disrupting the flow of nutrients towards the sea on many tropical islands – this has consequences for fish behaviour and the wider ecosystem.
Humans are expert pattern-finders. But artificial intelligence tools are better at trawling through vast data sets to find anything from waste dumps to heat-tolerant corals.
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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PSM, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University
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Assistant Professor, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society // CEO MarFishEco Fisheries Consultant Ltd, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor in Physics, James Cook University
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Professor of Biological Oceanography & Head of the Coral Reef Laboratory, University of Southampton
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Associate Professor, Coral Reef Laboratory, University of Southampton
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Professor of Marine Biology, James Cook University
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Professor of Marine Biology and Head of School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University
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Professor in Marine Science, Griffith University
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Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam
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Research Program Director, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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