Coral reefs

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Abandoned Fibreglass Boats Release Toxins and Microplastics

Corina Ciocan 07/08/2020

Too many small yachts and speedboats are simply being...

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How Mangroves Protect People From Increasingly Powerful Storms

Adam Moolna 29/05/2020

Mangrove roots can break up the force of a...

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How Tamil Nadu Is Fighting in the First Attempt to Save a Sinking Island

Ankita Sengupta 05/08/2019

Two islands in the Gulf of Mannar islands have...

FILE PHOTO: An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, June 24, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Oceans Warming Faster Than Expected, Set Heat Record in 2018: Scientists

Alister Doyle 11/01/2019

"Global warming is here, and has major consequences already....

Research on coral reefs published by scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has been found to have plagiarised content, some of it wrong and misleading.

Joint Director of Zoological Survey Plagiarised Book, Published False Data

Nithyanand Rao 17/07/2018

His and his colleagues' actions imperil coral research within...

Montipora digitata, a.k.a. 'finger coral'. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

‘Coral Bleaching Event in 2016 Caused Severe Mortality in Gulf of Mannar’

Ravi Mishra 05/06/2018

With 117 coral species, the Gulf of Mannar is...

FILE PHOTO: Tourists snorkel near a turtle as it looks for food amongst the coral in the lagoon at Lady Elliot Island north-east of the town of Bundaberg in Queensland

Coral Reefs at Risk of Dissolving as Oceans Get More Acidic, Finds Study

Alister Doyle 24/02/2018

Ocean acidification will threaten sediments that are building blocks...