Bleached Acropora table coral on One Tree Island reef, southern Great Barrier Reef. April 2024. Bleached Acropora and Porites coral at One Tree Island Reef Unbleached coral at One Tree Island reef ...

A team of marine scientists from the University of Sydney has published the first peer-reviewed study documenting the ...

Coral at One Tree Island reef in April 2022 before the bleaching event.

Dec. 18, 2024 — Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared ...

Coral bleaching happens when corals lose their vibrant colors and turn white. But there’s a lot more to it than that. Coral are bright and colorful because of microscopic algae called zooxanthellae.

But scientists have observed a free-living mushroom coral, Cycloseris cyclolites, actively “walking” toward blue light waves in a way that’s reminiscent of the pulsed swimming motion of ...

These tiny exoskeletons, replicated by countless coral polyps, serve as the building blocks for massive coral reefs that fringe coastlines around the world. Unfortunately, the survival of ...

Peer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts. The research by University of Sydney marine scientists highlights the complex interplay between heat stress, ...