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coral reefs

Une image sous-marine montre un scientifique plongeur forant dans un grand dôme de corail
Posted inResearch Spotlights

La chimie du corail reflète l’expansion économique d’Asie du Sud-Est

by Rebecca Dzombak 22 August 202322 August 2023

Les sols en érosion en raison du développement économique ont transporté des sédiments en mer de Chine méridionale… et jusque dans le squelette corallien.

Una imagen subacuática que muestra a un científico con traje de buzo sobre un coral extrayendo un núcleo de este.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

La química de los corales refleja la expansión económica del sudeste asiático

by Rebecca Dzombak 14 June 20235 July 2023

La erosión del suelo derivada del desarrollo económico mueve sedimentos hacia el mar del sur de China y también hacia los esqueletos de los corales.

这张水下照片展示了一位正在潜水的科学家在钻探一块巨大的白色珊瑚的顶部。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

珊瑚反映东南亚的经济增长

by Rebecca Dzombak 31 May 20231 June 2023

经济发展造成的土壤侵蚀将沉积物送入南中国海,并进入珊瑚骨架。

An underwater image shows a diving scientist drilling into a large, white dome of coral.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Coral Chemistry Reflects Southeast Asia’s Economic Expansion

by Rebecca Dzombak 11 May 202322 August 2023

Soil erosion from economic development sent sediments into the South China Sea—and into coral skeletons.

A chunk of coastal permafrost has toppled into the sea along Alaska’s northernmost shores.
Posted inEditors' Vox

What We Know and Don’t Know About Climate Tipping Elements

by Seaver Wang 12 April 202311 April 2023

As climate change continues, parts of the Earth system such as ice sheets, frozen soils, or the Amazon rainforest could shift—some quickly, some slowly—after crossing key thresholds or tipping points.

Close-up view of bright green algae fronds
Posted inScience Updates

Making Sense of the Great Barrier Reef’s Mysterious Green Donuts

by Jody Webster, Mardi McNeil, Helen Bostock, Luke Nothdurft and Maria Byrne 9 March 20239 March 2023

Researchers set sail to the Great Barrier Reef to study how ring-shaped algae deposits formed and evolved, what feeds them, and the diversity of creatures that call them home.

Aerial photo of blue water dotted with tall, green islands
Posted inNews

Some Corals Are More Heat Resistant Than Thought

by Nathaniel Scharping 6 February 202321 February 2023

The vast genetic diversity of corals means there are some that may survive warming waters. Now scientists just need to find them.

Two people, flanked by two observers, stand among a field of boulders, guiding a large hand drill through the length of a white fossilized coral.
Posted inNews

El Niño Varies More Intensely Now Than in the Past Millennium

by Luis Melecio-Zambrano 15 December 20221 February 2023

Researchers found evidence for a strengthening El Niño in living and fossilized Galápagos corals.

Australia’s remote Nullarbor Plain.
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A Mysterious Dome Reveals Clues to Australia’s Miocene History

by Nathaniel Scharping 17 October 202217 February 2023

The Nullarbor Plain has been relatively untouched by geological forces, leaving traces of the continent’s deep past.

Air bubbles rise from a scuba diver who is looking at a coral reef.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Unchecked Ocean Warming Threatens Many Gulf and Caribbean Corals

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 23 September 202223 September 2022

Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean sea surface temperatures could surpass coral bleaching thresholds in the region as soon as 2050, motivating the need for prompt mitigation, researchers say.

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