Though thousands of miles from Rarotonga, Brown conducts similar thermal resistance experiments on local eelgrass. She’s been ...

Scientists have warned that the planet crossed the global boundary for ocean acidification around the year 2020, according to a new study.

In 2019, she launched Guam’s first coral reef nursery dedicated to restoring staghorn Acropora corals. The work is ongoing, focusing on rehabilitating coral communities in Guam’s Cocos Lagoon ...

Ocean/Sea/Gulf Indian Ocean Record Last Modified 29 Mar 2017 Site Number JS-13 Specimen Count 1 Collection Date 6 Apr 1987 USNM Number 79164 Depth (m) 1 - 2 Preparation Dry Place Aldabra Atoll, Ile ...

Acropora tenuis (Dana, 1846) is a common reef-building coral distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Candidate sequences of A. tenuis opsins were identified by homology search against public ...

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered sufficient light and warmth for corals to evolve over hundreds of millions ...

The Maldives may be synonymous with water activities, but the eco-focused Sun Siyam Resorts also enchants with a host of land ...

Acropora muricata spawning ex situ. During these annual spawning events thousands of eggs/sperm packages are release into the water in a few short minutes. (Canon 5D MKIII 100mm macro f/4.5 1/30 iso ...

Mar. 26, 2025 — Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (A. palmata ...