Tag: corals
Heat waves in the sea: "Nobody predicted that for this summer"
Large areas in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean have been suffering from heat waves for months. El Niño, jet stream, climate change: How researchers explain the extreme temperatures. source site
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…
Corals off the coast of Florida: underwater breeding station
Status: 04/12/2023 06:32 a.m Climate change has destroyed much of the coral reef off the Florida coast. Scientists are trying to save the reef by growing corals and transplanting them…
Climate crisis increases species extinction in the sea – Knowledge
There is a mood of upheaval below the surface of the sea. Thousands and thousands of species migrate through the oceans in search of new habitats. Especially in the tropics,…
Threatened with extinction, dugongs, abalones and corals illustrate the destruction of marine environments
Dugongs, peaceful cousins of manatees, and nearly half of abalone shells are threatened with extinction: unveiled Friday in Montreal, the update of the IUCN red list has come to illustrate…
Ice sheets and corals: tipping points threaten from as little as 1.5 degrees
Status: 11/13/2022 11:18 am Researchers have identified 16 tipping points in the climate system. In an interview, the polar researcher Winkelmann explains what these mechanisms are and why some of…
Egypt: The Red Sea as possibly the last refuge for corals
Egypt The corals are doing badly – the Red Sea may be their last refuge A coral reef in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt © imagebroker /…
Squids and corals: What whimsical mushrooms grow in our forests
forest mushrooms Squids, stars and corals: what whimsical mushrooms grow in our forests (Almost) every child knows toadstools, mushrooms and porcini mushrooms. There are all kinds of strange representatives in…
Climate change leads to an increase in the mortality of certain corals in the Calanques
The effects of climate change are felt right to the edge of the Mediterranean. In a press release, the Calanques National Park warns of “a worrying mortality of gorgonians in…
More corals again: hope for the Great Barrier Reef
Status: 08/26/2022 8:10 p.m Australian researchers have found the greatest coral growth on the Great Barrier Reef in 36 years. The reef appears to be recovering. However, the spreading coral…