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Study Outlines New Coral Restoration Methods

A new study has demonstrated a new approach to coral restoration, aiming to address the often difficult early life stage of coral development, when many baby corals struggle to sur...

Conservationists Install Artificial Reefs Where Corals Once Stood

Miles of coral reef around Pom Pom Island in Malaysia have been ruined by climate change and blast fishing. A conservation group hopes to restore the area by installing concrete st...

New conservation effort launched to protect coral reefs in Yap

Conservation groups have launched a new initiative to safeguard coral reefs in Yap, a state in the Federated States of Micronesia, through both scientific innovation and traditiona...

Can Concrete Molds Revive Coral Reefs Ruined by Bombs and Climate Change?

In a devastated section of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, a conservation group is trying to build an artificial reef.

Coral Reefs in Crisis: Understanding Coral Reef Bleaching, Ocean Warming, and the Future of Reef Restoration

Coral reefs face ocean warming and coral reef bleaching, with reef restoration offering hope for recovery. This article explains the causes, impacts, and real‑world restoration e...

Creating a Sea Urchin ‘Baby Formula’ to Help Save Our Reefs

Can a sea urchin baby formula save reefs? Discover how scientists boost survival to restore coral ecosystems. The post Creating a Sea Urchin ‘Baby Formula’ to Help Save Our Reefs a...

EA launches coral reef cultivation project in Daymaniyat reserve

BARKA: The Environment Authority (EA) has launched a coral reef cultivation project in the Daymaniyat Islands Nature Reserve as part of its continuous efforts to protect marine eco...

See the first stunning images of a massive coral reef that has lain hidden for decades

These incredible corals form what may be one of the world’s largest reef systems—and researchers have a plan to restore it

How underwater speakers are helping revive coral reefs devastated by climate change

Coral reefs are essential to the health of oceans, the food supply and to protecting the coast from storms. But as climate change pushes ocean temperatures higher, reefs are dying...

Schweizer Start-up baut mit "Lego-Steinen" Riffe wieder auf

Mehr als 90 Prozent der weltweiten Korallenriffe drohen bis 2050 abzusterben. Ein Schweizer Start-up will mit dem künstlichen Wiederaufbau der Riffe dagegen steuern und Biodiversit...

Visit Maldives Corporation, Housing Development Corporation lead major coral restoration initiative

Visit Maldives Corporation (VMC), Housing Development Corporation (HDC) and Public Service Media have conducted one of the largest coral restoration activities in the Maldives at t...

Saving Coral Reefs at Sinai’s Blue Hole

  Egypt is currently moving forward with a redevelopment plan for the Blue Hole area in Sinai, aiming to attract tourists while protecting the delicate coral reefs that make the si...

How F1 engineers are helping the Great Barrier Reef Foundation seed millions of corals

Dr Cedric Robillot of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation explains how motorsport engineering and prototyping are driving reef restoration at scale

Coral reefs are secretly connected across oceans. Scientists think it's key to their survival

A new study study used ocean circulation models to tracking the movement of coral larvae across 850 reefs. Here's what it found.

Saving coral reefs will require ruthless selection over generations to beat future heat waves

Assisted evolution could help corals survive future heat waves, but careful trait choice and strong repeated selection will be needed for it to be effective. As global temperatures...

This simple design could save oyster reefs worldwide

Oyster reefs aren’t random piles—they’re carefully shaped survival systems. Researchers discovered that certain geometric patterns, not just bigger or more complex structures, give...

Can Coral be Bred for Better Tolerance to Heatwaves?

 [By Liam Lachs, Adriana Humanes and James Guest]As global warming accelerates, extreme heatwaves are causing widespread death of tropical reef corals...

Indonesia to conserve coral reefs in ‘debt-for-nature’ deal

Soundtrack of the sea: divers use underwater speakers to help dying coral reefs

Divers are installing waterproof speakers in the ocean to help pull a coral reef near Jamaica back from the brinkThe northern coast of Jamaica once served as the backdrop for scene...

Comment: Assisted coral evolution

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Liam Lachs, Dr Adriana Humanes and Dr James Guest, discuss how how accelerating evolution could help corals survive future heatwaves.

Marine Institute at Maui Ocean Center launches initiative to address ongoing vessel groundings, threat to coral reefs

The Marine Institute at Maui Ocean Center has launched a comprehensive stakeholder survey and community initiative aimed at reducing vessel grounding incidents and strengthening re...

American Water Foundation backs Hawai'i reef protection efforts

PuakÅ for Reefs, a community-based nonprofit, received funding from the American Water Charitable Foundation to support education and outreach efforts to protect coral reefs and ne...

Could heat-resistant corals help reefs adapt to climate change?

Whitney Isenhower looks at how researchers are turning to heat-tolerant corals to help save declining coral reefs amid the climate crisis. Read more: Could heat-resistant corals he...

University of Hawaiʻi to lead new Pacific reef research institute

“This new institute combines [University of Hawaiʻi]’s strengths in cutting-edge, ocean-related research and our collaborative, place-based approach to working with resource m...