The death of coral reefs marks the first catastrophic climate tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions. “Unless global heating is reduced to...
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There’s some good ocean-related news this week. An expedition led by a team of scientists from Uruguay discovered that the South American nation’s deep-sea coral reefs are thriving and teeming with life. The reefs are primarily home to numerous species that were recently listed as vulnerable to extinction. “We always expect to find the unexpected, but the diversity and complexity of what we found exceeded all our expectations,” the expedition’s chief scientist Dr. Alvar Carranza of the Universidad de la República and the Centro Universitario Regional del Este said in a statement. Carranza and other scientists had first detected the coral reefs in 2010 using mapping technology. The team found...
The death of coral reefs marks the first catastrophic climate tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions. “Unless global heating is reduced to...
A science expedition has revealed worrying signs of coral reef degradation across Fiji, sparking calls for immediate action to safeguard the...
A 21-day deep-sea exploration in the Cook Islands’ EEZ is concluding, having delivered exceptional images of the seabed and its life through a...
A 21-day deep-sea exploration in the Cook Islands’ EEZ is concluding, having delivered exceptional images of the seabed and its life through a...
When the Reefs Went Quiet: A Coral Tipping Point and What It Means for Us All Some mornings the sea looks like a photograph of itself—clear,...
When the Reefs Went Quiet: A Coral Tipping Point and What It Means for Us All Some mornings the sea looks like a photograph of itself—clear,...
Rising ocean temperatures have pushed the planet past its first climate tipping point, scientists warn. The collapse of coral reef ecosystems...
Rising ocean temperatures have pushed the planet past its first climate tipping point, scientists warn. The collapse of coral reef ecosystems...
Bjorn H Stuedal/Shutterstock After centuries of near-extinction, Europe’s wolves have made a remarkable comeback. Over the past decade, wolf...
Bjorn H Stuedal/Shutterstock After centuries of near-extinction, Europe’s wolves have made a remarkable comeback. Over the past decade, wolf...