Marine heat waves, sea level rise and ocean acidification — consequences of climate change — threaten coral animals, their calcium carbonate structures and the ecosystems they anchor. If scientists ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Duygu Sevilgen uses extremely small sensors to record the fine details of coral skeletons and listen to their dialogue with ...

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Colombo Port City’s latest attraction is a naturally occurring coral colony that’s growing rapidly around its breakwater. ..

Rapid Species Decline Climate change is causing a dramatic decline in species across the globe. Scientists estimate that the ...

The scientists, however, are concerned about the fate of this mega coral due to oceans getting more acidic under climate change. Corals use calcium carbonate in the ocean water to create their ...

Coral reefs are vital ecosystems that support a vast array ... This process affects the ability of marine organisms, like shellfish and certain planktons, to build their calcium carbonate shells, ...

Coral reefs not only provide food and shelter for innumerable ... These corals have skeletons made of calcium carbonate; they can form towers, bulbs, spines, or even hard fans. Soft corals have no ...