Tag: corals
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…
Environment: Great Barrier Reef: Corals are recovering – no all-clear
environment Great Barrier Reef: Corals are recovering – no all-clear The Great Barrier Reef can even be seen from space. photo © -/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority/dpa Researchers report…
Nursery under water: “The last chance to save corals”
Status: 07/04/2022 10:43 a.m Climate change is threatening the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean. Researchers are therefore growing coral gardens in the sea off the Seychelles to make the…
Disease is killing corals in the Caribbean – Knowledge
In the Caribbean, a rapidly spreading disease is wiping out large populations of coral. In the case of the “Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease” (SCTLD), the soft tissue of many…
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…
14% of corals disappeared in the world between 2009 and 2018
According to a report published on Tuesday and carried out by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), 14% of the world’s corals disappeared between 2009 and 2018, due to…
Climate change: what will happen to the reefs?
Climate change is affecting corals, and many will not survive it. But what comes after that? An experiment suggests that surprising organisms could take over the bare structures – with…
Strategy paper as a wake-up call: Researchers call for protection for corals
Status: 07/20/2021 8:44 p.m. A.In the face of climate change, scientists around the world have warned of the death of coral reefs. In a strategy paper they demand three concrete…
How to protect the Great Barrier Reef from the climate crisis – knowledge
It is a building of superlatives, the largest structure on our planet built by animals, even recognizable from space. More than 1500 fish and 4000 mollusc species are native here:…
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…