Algae living on coral in the Persian Gulf appear to protect the host coral from dying off. Seawater in the area gets so warm the same temperatures would kill off reefs elsewhere. (Jorg Wiedenmann ...

And as the coral recovers, the previously low-density algae became more dominant." Some algae produce toxic compounds in warmer waters and corals start expelling them to try to survive.

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The outbreak of a deadly disease called stony coral tissue loss disease is destroying susceptible species of coral in the Caribbean while helping other, “weedier” organisms thrive — at least for now — ...

Lab studies suggested that crabs avoided living coral tissue, instead feeding in areas of recent tissue loss. Out on the reef, the team observed that wounded corals lost patches of algae faster ...

One of the most important relationships in nature started at least 385 million years ago. Shallow coral reefs are some of the most diverse habitats on Earth, supporting around a quarter of all life in ...

Climate change is heating oceans faster than the world's coral reefs can handle. So scientists are breeding corals that can withstand hotter temperatures – but only to a point.

Increasing ocean temperatures due to climate warming are putting the world's coral reefs at risk of bleaching, a devastating process by where once vibrant and colourful corals become a ghostly ...

A new study shows stony coral tissue loss disease is causing&nbsp;drastic changes in the Caribbean&#39;s population of corals, which is sure to disrupt the delicate balance of the ecosystem and ...

In this new study, the researchers—including Carnegie’s Yun Bai and Xiaobin Zheng—deployed sophisticated bioinformatic and molecular biology tools to reveal the early steps of symbiosis, during which ...

And as the coral recovers, the previously low-density algae became more dominant." Some algae produce toxic compounds in warmer waters and corals start expelling them to try to survive.

Known as crustose coralline algae or red algae, these species coat rocks much like lichen on an alpine cliff. They emit a complex mixture of fats, amino acids and carbohydrates into the water that ...