Credit: CC0 Public Domain Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared cameras. The study, published in Global Change Biologywas conducted by an international team of scientists from the U.K., France, French Polynesia and Chile and the first large-scale experiment to […]
Space robot. This dextrous machine is the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload, a pioneering robot designed to inspect and repair satellites in geosynchronous orbit around Earth. Satellites in geosynchronous orbit, about 36,000 kilometres above Earth, are crucial for military, government and commercial communications, as well as Earth-observing science. There is currently no way […]
NYC Jewelry Week NYC Jewelry Week It’s NYC Jewelry Week this week, November 18 – 24, and for those of us not in town, there’s a rich online program of talks and panels on all things jewelry and gems. With deep dives into stones like peridot and coral, jewelry history, designer interviews, panel discussions and […]
At 111 feet wide, 104 feet long, 18 feet high, and 600 feet around this stunning organism in the southwest Pacific Ocean is the world’s largest known coral that was discovered by accident. It is a conglomerate of individual creatures called coral polyps that have grown over 300 years. Instead of a coral reef like […]
Two items better known for cleaning swimming pools and moisturizing dry skin might help protect the Earth’s corals and decrease antibiotic resistance and pollution in the ocean. A paste made from chlorine and cocoa butter could be a future treatment for Atlantic corals affected by stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). The experimental findings are […]
The largest coral ever recorded has been found by scientists in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The mega coral – which is a collection of many connected, tiny creatures that together form one organism rather than a reef – could be more than 300 years old. It is bigger than a blue whale, the team say. […]
A diver surveying Magnetic Island in Queensland. Credit: Maya Srinivasan A study has found concerning new evidence of long-term declines in coral reef fish around highly visited inshore islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Scientists surveyed reefs at 100 sites around the Palm Islands, Magnetic Island, Whitsunday Islands, and Keppel Islands over a 14 year […]
Comparison of Kuroshio transport reconstructed from the coral Sr/Ca for southeastern Taiwan island (KTSTWblack) and the 3-year running averages of the global ocean heat content (OHC) for the 0–700 m layer (EN4 dataset, orange) and western Pacific Warm Pool OHC enclosed by the 28°C isotherm (EN4, dataset, purple). Credit: IOCAS The Kuroshio is a strong […]
I relocated from California to Placencia, on the coast of southern Belize, in 1995, when there were no paved roads, no vehicles and everybody walked around barefoot. Back then, I was working as a research assistant and scuba-diving instructor. That meant that I had access to Belize’s stunning coral reefs, but also that I began […]
Coral bleaching — such as that seen here around Lizard Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef — happens when the water is too warm. A global coral bleaching event that began last year has quickly grown to the largest on record, according to a US agency, with the impacted reef area continuing to grow. From […]
