Unlike typical marine algae, C. tumulosa forms tumbleweed-like mats that easily break off and drift with the current.

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

A new Bermudian-based study has challenged assumptions about how corals and algae in the island’s reefs generate energy for ...

MERSING: Three coral reef zones in Terengganu have been identified as worst-hit by coral bleaching in Malaysia this year, ...

Algae may help some coral reefs survive in warming oceans, study says. February 25, 2023. 2 min. A coral reef built by Pocillopora corals. (Derek Manzello) By Erin Blakemore.

Some corals can pass heat resistance to their offspring - giving new hope for the survival and restoration of reefs in a ...

They tend the algae on the coral reefs they call home, making sure it never overwhelms their hosts. Spotting one on the Florida reef tract is a good sign that nearby corals are doing OK.

The green, feather-like algae is spreading along the reefs of Culebra Bay in Costa Rica's northwestern Gulf of Papagayo, a popular scuba diving spot and home to a rare species of coral.

After two years of record-breaking ocean heat, scientists are assessing the impacts of the world’s fourth mass bleaching event on coral reefs around the globe. At least 74 countries and ...