Tag: Coral reef
Marine biologists fear mass coral die-offs
Sea temperatures have been unusually high in many regions of the world for months. The situation in the Gulf of Mexico is particularly dramatic: the water temperature on the surface…
Climate change: Coral reefs threatened in the future – knowledge
Corals are among the creatures that are hit particularly hard by climate change. Even if global warming were stopped at 1.5 degrees Celsius, 70 percent of all coral reefs will…
Large coral reef discovered off Tahiti – knowledge
Marine researchers have discovered a coral reef more than three kilometers long off the coast of Tahiti in the depths of the South Pacific. The structure formed by cnidarians is…
The fate of the corals is decided now – knowledge
The next ten years will determine whether or not coral reefs will continue to exist in the oceans. “30 percent of coral reefs will survive this century if we limit…