Coral reefs are highly sensitive to temperature change. Therefore, identifying those that respond differently to thermal stress aids in understanding the mechanisms of environmental adaptation in corals. In addition, researchers…
Category: coral reefs
FSU researchers discover how ‘cryptic species’ respond differently to coral bleaching
“If we maintain the right type of diversity, nature in a way can pick the winners and losers,” Burgess said. “However, the worry for us scientists is that unless the…
Who Ate the Green Plate?
I’m so proud of the 360 underwater photographs taken along 36 transects that were laid in four different habitat types: at the reef front, in the back lagoon, at the…
Claim: Global Warming May have Started in 1825
According to researchers working in the Paracel Islands, the modern warming period began in 1825, before anthropogenic CO2 could possibly have had any effect on the global climate.
Claim: Major discovery helps explain coral bleaching
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE Research News Corals, like all animals, must eat to live. The problem is that most corals grow in tropical waters that are poor in nutrients,…
Aussie ABC: Coral Islands are Growing Larger, Despite Climate Change
According to the Australian ABC, despite the ravages of global warming, most tropical coral islands in the Pacific Ocean which were investigated by the University of Auckland are maintaining their…
New Scientist: Inside The Battle to Save the Great Barrier Reef from Climate Change
Apparently the Great Barrier Reef is so dead from climate change it needs teams of well funded scientists to run around planting coral. Except for the embarrassingly healthy bits Peter…
Preventing Ecosystem Collapse: Caribbean Coral Reefs
Media headlines have been promoting unrealistic fears of ecosystem collapse due to climate change. Such fears get supported when the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) designates some…
Coral recovery during a prolonged heatwave offers new hope
University of Victoria biologists have discovered how some corals managed to survive a globally unprecedented heatwave, in a first-ever study that provides new hope for the long-term survival of coral…
Claim: Ocean acidification causing coral ‘osteoporosis’ on iconic reefs
Scientists have long suspected that ocean acidification is affecting corals’ ability to build their skeletons, but it has been challenging to isolate its effect from that of simultaneous warming ocean…
University Appeal Upheld, Peter Ridd Loses – We all Lose
On 2 May 2018, Professor Peter Ridd was sacked by James Cook University for serious misconduct. It all started when he called-out his colleague Terry Hughes for falsely claiming healthy…
Study: Coral Reef Islands Grow with Rising Sea Level
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Another study confirming that coral reef islands are dynamic, and adjust rapidly to changes in sea level. NEWS RELEASE 10-JUN-2020 Island ‘drowning’ is not inevitable as…
CSIRO Scientists Accidentally Prove Coral Rapidly Adapts to Global Warming
Guest essay by Eric Worrall CSIRO Scientists have subjected coral symbiont algae to heat stress over four years, and produces a strain of algae which can help coral thrive in…
