“We have seen a dramatic increase in coral growth and high survival rates, with new growth consistently exceeding 50% coverage in two years,” said Frank Mars. Over the past decade, the local ...

A study led by the University of Bremen suggests that on algae-dominated coral reefs, it is not the algae but the corals ...

and scientists surveyed coral growth on the spiders and nearby rubble from 2014 to 2017. Although coral growth on the spiders rarely reached the amount seen at a nearby undamaged site, the amount ...

Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and ...

Feary likened the coral growth on new structures to the flush of small plants that grow after a forest has cleared. "When the breakwaters are developed there is a coral community that grows on ...

which allows the coral to survive. The result was that algae growth soon overtook the coral and killed it. Some of the wildlife and unique features of Palau's ecosystem are highlighted above.