In the fight to protect coral reefs from climate change, scientists have attempted a world-first approach. They were able to ...

Reef ecosystem transplants offer a breakthrough solution to restore coral health and support marine biodiversity.

scientists continue to work to understand the intricacies and nature of facilitative interactions in coral reef communities (e.g., Cheney & Cote 2005).

A pioneering study has revealed significant improvements in coral health through an innovative approach of transplanting ...

For all of the mysteries that remain about coral reefs, though, experts agree that climate change is an undisputed threat.

Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the ... scleractinian corals explain their palaeotemperature uncertainties. Nature 283, 557-559 (1980).

And reefs act as breakwaters to reduce the destructive ... Watch Reef Rescue on The Nature of Things.

Coral bleaching is a global epidemic that reduces vibrant and thriving reefs to rubble. At the current rate of loss, scientists predict that we will lose nearly all of the world’s coral in ...

“Protecting our ocean and its precious habitats is fundamental to life on earth,” U.K. Minister for Nature Mary Creagh said. “But without urgent action, the world’s coral reefs face ...