New research has identified optimal design for artificial habitats to support restoration of oyster reefs, based on a ...

Researchers mapping the Great Barrier Reef have discovered a new reef structure that had never been documented before. The reef structure is like a large spire jutting out from the seafloor and ...

Fossil fish ear stones reveal that today’s coral reefs have shorter food chains and less diversity than ancient reefs before human impact.

ABSTRACT: Much present knowledge about the role of physical factors in structuring reef communities is based on correlative data and small-scale experiments. The construction of a 9 ha artificial reef ...

It demonstrates that the onset of reef growth on the outer shelf was preceded by a rise in summer temperature from ~26° to ~28°C at around 700 thousand years ago (marine isotope stage 17). This ...

Scientists exploring the Great Barrier Reef have discovered a huge, never-before-seen coral reef that is taller than the Empire State Building. Standing detached from the main reef, the massive ...

The partnership between the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Coastal Conservation Association South Carolina has been a boon to the state’s Marine Artificial Reef Program, and two of ...

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