coral reef

Coral reefs are experiencing another global bleaching event. Growing corals on artificial reefs could help save them

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with ...

Corals bred in a zoo have joined Europe’s largest reef. This is offering scientists hope

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Dr. Sarah Adams

ARNHEM, Netherlands (AP) — Just like the animals on Noah’s Ark, the corals arrived in a pair. On Monday, divers with gloved ...

Scientists are grasping at straws while trying to protect infant corals from hungry fish

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Dr. Sarah Adams

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws ...

Great Barrier Reef again undergoes mass coral bleaching event

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The Great Barrier Reef – the world’s largest reef system that’s “one of the richest and most complex natural ecosystems on Earth” ...

In Hawaii, coral is the foundation of life. What happened to it after the Lahaina wildfire?

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides waves when the surf’s up and dives for octopus and shells when the water is calm. The ...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers ‘extensive’ coral bleaching, as scientists fear seventh mass bleaching event

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering from extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s managers said Wednesday, raising fears ...

Noting ‘unprecedented’ coral bleaching and heat stress, NOAA expands coral reef alert system

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Dr. Sarah Adams

With water temperatures climbing to unprecedented heights, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has added new levels to its alert system to ...