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Coral Comeback: Mote Marine Laboratory Leads Restoration Of Florida’s Vital Reef Ecosystem
Florida’s iconic coral reef is in a critical state, with a mere 2% of its living coral cover remaining, underscoring an urgent ecological crisis. However, a science-driven revolution is underway, spearheaded by Mote Marine Laboratory,
ATLANTA - Corals in Florida are dying in record numbers due to historically high water temperatures off the Florida Keys. The Georgia Aquarium is part of a select group working to save and restore the reefs. With water temperatures reaching over 100 ...
The Florida Aquarium celebrated Earth Day this year by announcing a history-making accomplishment that could help save the United States' only living coral barrier reef from extinction. For the first time, scientists at the aquarium's Center for ...
Project ReefLink, a nationwide community science project, invites participants to sample microbes from home and institutional aquarium corals to understand how their native microbes can confer tolerance to disease and stress The project expands on Seed ...
Corals live in oceans around the world—in shallow, warm waters and deep, cool waters, clinging to seamounts or sitting on continental shelves. They also grow in the home aquariums of countless hobbyists—and if you’re someone who cultivates corals in ...
The marine aquarium trade has played an important role in shaping the ecological state of coral reefs in Indonesia and much of the Asia-Pacific. The use of cyanide by ornamental fishers in Buleleng District, Bali, in the 1980s and 1990s has resulted in a ...
More than 50 species of ocean wildlife are swimming with excitement this weekend as a new exhibit opens at Newport Aquarium. The aquarium, located across the river from Cincinnati at 1 Levee Way in Newport, Ky., has opened its all-new Coral Reef Tunnel to ...