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Coral bleaching
Coral bleaching refers to coral that lose their bright, vibrant colors and turn white. This happens when coral get stressed and "expel" the microscopic bacteria that live on them and give them their bright colors. Stressors include changes in ocean temperature and lack of sufficient nutrients.
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JAN 22, 2025Earth & The Environment
What impact do heatwaves have on coral reefs? This is what a recent study published in Limnology and Oceanography Letter ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
How has the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) been impacted by climate change and what implications could this have going forward ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can coral bleaching impact aquatic life, overall? This is what a recent study published in Communications Biology ho ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 25, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Communications demonstrates evidence for how climate change has caused coral reef ble ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 02, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Global carbon emissions show no sign of slowing down despite a need to stay below 1.5°C of total warming, an article ...Written By: Hannah DanielAUG 05, 2022Plants & Animals
Here’s a little good news for the day: certain areas of the Great Barrier Reef have the highest amount of coral co ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 23, 2022Plants & Animals
According to a new research study published in iScience, specific species of dolphins can experience skin irritation or ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 17, 2022Plants & Animals
Coral reefs have long been a central focus of the impacts of climate change. We hear stories every other day, it seems, ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 06, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are starting to understand the reason why coral bleaches when exposed to chemicals from common sunscreens. O ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 24, 2021Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in One Earth on Sep. 17 paints a poor picture for the state of the world’s coral reefs. L ...Written By: Matthew LundyJUL 16, 2021Earth & The Environment
With climate change affecting our air temperatures, we also see an impact on our world's oceans.Written By: Samantha LottMAR 05, 2021Plants & Animals
The world's coral reefs face numerous threats, including climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Since 2014, an ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Coral reefs are a significant source of biodiversity and may support up to 25% of life in the ocean. Corals around the w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Corals are immobile animals, and coral reefs are considered to be the most diverse ecosystems in the sea.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is going through another bleaching event; it's third in five years. The ARC Centr ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 05, 2020Earth & The Environment
Rising ocean temperatures are dangerous for corals and the photosynthetic algae living within their tissues. The delicat ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 15, 2019Plants & Animals
Most people think of the Great Barrier Reef as a single, massive coral reef off the coast of Australia, but it isn&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2019Plants & Animals
Animals can be categorized as having one of two types of diets, including ‘specialists,’ which eat only spec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2019Earth & The Environment
A variety of environmental stressors threaten the world's coral reefs, most notably increases in water temperat ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published recently in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series suggests that coral reefs, like other ecos ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 11, 2019Genetics & Genomics
When events like runoff change salinity levels in the ocean, it can impact coral in a way that is similar to bleaching d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
Despite Australia’s pledge last year to dedicate $500 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef, the Great Barrier ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 15, 2019Plants & Animals
Coral reefs do all sorts of great things for the environment. Not only do they act as underwater fortresses for smaller ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 01, 2018Earth & The Environment
Palau has just announced that by 2020 it will be banning the sale and use of sunscreen and skin care products containing ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 22, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What impact do heatwaves have on coral reefs? This is what a recent study published in Limnology and Oceanography Letter
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How has the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) been impacted by climate change and what implications could this have going forward
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can coral bleaching impact aquatic life, overall? This is what a recent study published in Communications Biology ho
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 25, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Communications demonstrates evidence for how climate change has caused coral reef ble
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 02, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Global carbon emissions show no sign of slowing down despite a need to stay below 1.5°C of total warming, an article
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
AUG 05, 2022
Plants & Animals
Here’s a little good news for the day: certain areas of the Great Barrier Reef have the highest amount of coral co
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 23, 2022
Plants & Animals
According to a new research study published in iScience, specific species of dolphins can experience skin irritation or
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 17, 2022
Plants & Animals
Coral reefs have long been a central focus of the impacts of climate change. We hear stories every other day, it seems,
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 06, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are starting to understand the reason why coral bleaches when exposed to chemicals from common sunscreens. O
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 24, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in One Earth on Sep. 17 paints a poor picture for the state of the world’s coral reefs. L
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JUL 16, 2021
Earth & The Environment
With climate change affecting our air temperatures, we also see an impact on our world's oceans.
Written By:
Samantha Lott
MAR 05, 2021
Plants & Animals
The world's coral reefs face numerous threats, including climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Since 2014, an
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Coral reefs are a significant source of biodiversity and may support up to 25% of life in the ocean. Corals around the w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Corals are immobile animals, and coral reefs are considered to be the most diverse ecosystems in the sea.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is going through another bleaching event; it's third in five years. The ARC Centr
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 05, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Rising ocean temperatures are dangerous for corals and the photosynthetic algae living within their tissues. The delicat
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 15, 2019
Plants & Animals
Most people think of the Great Barrier Reef as a single, massive coral reef off the coast of Australia, but it isn&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animals can be categorized as having one of two types of diets, including ‘specialists,’ which eat only spec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A variety of environmental stressors threaten the world's coral reefs, most notably increases in water temperat
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published recently in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series suggests that coral reefs, like other ecos
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 11, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
When events like runoff change salinity levels in the ocean, it can impact coral in a way that is similar to bleaching d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Despite Australia’s pledge last year to dedicate $500 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef, the Great Barrier
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 15, 2019
Plants & Animals
Coral reefs do all sorts of great things for the environment. Not only do they act as underwater fortresses for smaller
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 01, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Palau has just announced that by 2020 it will be banning the sale and use of sunscreen and skin care products containing
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan