“Climate change poses an imminent threat to the world’s shallow-water coral reefs,” Julia Baum, a biologist at the University of Victoria who was not involved in this study, tells The Atlantic. “As ...

The corals are found in shallow, warm-water habitats and form the colourful reefs seen in tropical and sub-tropical ocean ...

Staghorn corals occur in shallow tropical reefs ... Higher than normal water temperatures cause coral to evict their symbiotic algae, which affects how much energy they can create.

Already, some coral experts have questioned how far humans ... according to NOAA. But last summer, shallow-water temperatures in the lower Keys reached a walloping 101 degrees Fahrenheit.

the reefs were able to keep up and stay in shallow water by building their own limestone foundation made of coral skeleton.’ Darwin's theory was vindicated in the early 1950s when scientists bored ...

Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but ...

Modern coral reefs — whether deep or shallow — are under attack from a wide range of local and globally distributed anthropogenic factors. Dodge, R. E. & Vaisrys, J. R. Coral populations and ...

during which it spotted five species of soft coral two in deep water and three in shallow water along with 40 species of hard coral. Coral reefs serve as natural barriers, protecting coastlines from ...

This subaquatic treasure (known as the first undersea park in the U.S.) features 70 nautical square miles of sparkling turquoise waters and the shallow-water living coral reefs of the Florida Keys ...