Build all the flood walls you want: Nature already found the best way to protect from growing storm surges and climate change. Bonus: They’re also cheaper. As coastal cities prepare for rising waters, ...

At Scripps Institution of Oceanography, studying the effects of waves and currents in the formation of a coral reef doesn’t require getting wet. A new garden in front of the Eckart Building mimics a ...

While rabbits continue to ravage Australia’s native landscapes, rabbit fish may help save large areas of the Great Barrier Reef from destruction. The reason, say scientists, is the same in both cases ...

Scientists from the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies have produced the world's first engineering model to predict how much damage a reef is likely to suffer when confronted with an ...

Michael Beck does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Caribbean coral reefs are sounding the alarm. These ecosystems, which protect millions of people and sustain billion-dollar industries, are on the verge of collapse – not in some distant future, but ...

Marine scientists have linked the decline in growth of Caribbean forereef corals -- due to recent warming -- to long-term trends in seawater temperature experienced by these corals located on the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Algal-herbivore (fish and sea urchin) interactions in shallow (<10 m) and deeper (>15 m) coral forereef communities off Discovery Bay, Jamaica ...

Marine scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have linked the decline in growth of Caribbean forereef corals — due to recent warming — to long-term trends in seawater ...