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New Israeli research shows coral reefs shape the ebb and flow of local microbial life

Like in humans, microbe levels can indicate health of ecosystem, say scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat The post New Israeli ...
Grist

Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?

About a year ago, the seas got unusually hot, even by our current, overheated standards. Twelve months of broken records later, the oceans are still more feverish than climate models and normal ...
EurekAlert!

Breakthrough study shows coral reefs will transform but can persist, if carbon is curbed

In a breakthrough study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers in the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa ...
NPR

Coral reefs can't keep up with climate change. So scientists are speeding up evolution

Record levels of heat in the ocean are causing a worldwide mass bleaching event on coral reefs. It's the second one this decade, where the delicate skeletons of corals turn a ghostly white. With mass ...
EurekAlert!

Seawater microbes are a powerful tool for diagnosing coral reef health and strengthening conservation efforts, according to new paper

Collection of water for analyzing reef water microorganisms is routinely done in St. John, USVI, using a Niskin bottle, which can be closed underwater at the sampling location. Woods Hole, MA (May 16, ...