Reef sculptures are a form of artifical reef: man-made structures placed into an aquatic environment to mimic certain characteristics of a natural reef.
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Understanding how both cloud cover and temperature work to promote coral bleaching provides valuable insight into how reefs will change over various climate scenarios.
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.
Coral has been incorporated into traditions, art and even religion in communities around the world.
We used to focus just on protection of vital ecosystems like the reef. But as climate change and other threats accelerate, we need to actively help nature get ready for the heat.
This knowledge is particularly important if we want to help reefs recover devastating events such as mass bleaching and cyclones.
Last year was great for plant growth and river flows. But Australia is still on the brink of losing a slew of plant and animal species.
Climate change is making oceans more acidic globally. Now, scientists are finding that large storms can send pulses of acidic water into bays and estuaries, further stressing fish and shellfish.
Jordan is planning a major desalination plant on the Gulf of Aqaba – but will it damage nearby marine ecosystems?
The photographs show how climate change is disrupting our marine ecosystems – sometimes in ways previously unknown to marine scientists.
While official data is yet to be released, this year’s Mediterranean marine heatwave will likely have devastating ecological consequences.
New data shows coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef is at a record high, despite a disturbing decade of marine heatwaves, cyclones and floods. While the data is robust, it can be deceptive.
Researchers have long suspected that an ingredient in sunscreen called oxybenzone was harming corals, but no one knew how. A new study shows how corals turn oxybenzone into a sunlight-activated toxin.
Forming tightly woven populations, these bush-like corals offer a refuge to a myriad of marine species.
Coral reefs that suffer widespread bleaching can still recover if conditions improve, but it’s estimated to take up to 12 years. And that’s if no more bleaching events occur.
Marine heatwaves will happen so often that reefs will struggle to weather successive bleaching events.
The rapid rate of species declines means we should trial potential solutions before it’s too late.
One of Australia’s largest groups of flower species is named after a wealthy British slave-trader. And Nazi memorabilia collectors have almost sent “Hitler’s beetle” extinct. It’s time for a change.
New research shows just 2% of the Great Barrier Reef remains untouched by bleaching since 1998. Its future survival depends on how much higher we allow global temperatures to rise.
Goby fish and coral rely on each other to survive. But new research found gobies are declining under climate change, dealing a double blow to Australia’s reefs.
Top contributors
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Research Program Director, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Marine Scientist, James Cook 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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Adjunct Associate Professor, James Cook University
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Adjunct assistant professor, Southern Cross University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Coral Reef Laboratory, University of Southampton
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PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University
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Associate professor, James Cook University
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Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Associate Professor in Marine Biology, University of Technology Sydney
