Coral reefs are often described as underwater rainforests. -- Maui Ocean ... of the sea. Like tropical rainforests, coral reefs provide life and habitats for an array of plants and animals.

So far, the team has carried out China's first large-scale seagrass bed restoration projects, including those in Tangshan, ...

A team of environmental scientists at Duke University, working with colleagues from the University of New South Wales, the ...

when a modest increase in Earth’s temperatures caused ice sheets to melt and global sea levels to surge. The height of the coral — which can grow only underwater — marks where the ocean once ...

Within the structure of the coral reefs, members of almost every phyla of plants and animals live and ... cemented with calcite and aragonite. If sea level changes, the reefs become exposed ...

power plants and other human sources are absorbed by the world's oceans. The result? A frightening phenomenon that's making seawater more acidic, spelling disaster for many marine animals, from ...

The world's corals and coral reef ecosystems ... these “rainforests of the sea” and all their rich biodiversity could disappear completely. While corals face numerous dangers, the overarching threats ...