corals

Corals Can Inherit Symbiotic Adaptations to Warming

发表于 2019-10-02 inherit symbiotic adaptations

Adult corals can reshuffle their symbiotic algae species to adapt to warming waters—and, it appears they can pass those adaptations on. Christopher Intagliata r…

Colorful Corals Beat Bleaching

发表于 2020-05-28 coax algae bleaching

Exposed to mildly warmer waters, some corals turn neon instead of bleaching white. The dramatic colors may help coax symbiotic algae back. Christopher Intagliat…

Some Good News about Corals and Climate Change

发表于 2022-03-24 acidic corals believed

A nearly two-year-long study of Hawaiian corals suggests some species may be better equipped to handle warmer, more acidic waters than previously believed. Lear…

Probiotics Could Help Save Overheated Corals

发表于 2022-04-09 probiotics overheated corals

Think of the process as a kind of marine fecal transplant—except the restorative bacteria do not come from stool; they come from other corals. Learn more about …

Corals Are Once Again Bleaching En Masse, but Their Fate Isn’t Sealed

发表于 2024-04-30 masse bleaching corals

Amid Earth’s fourth global coral bleaching event, a leading expert says tackling climate change is the key to fighting back. Learn more about your ad choices. V…

What Does an Ailing Coral Reef Sound Like?

发表于 2025-07-10 corals coral warming

Sick coral reefs are visually striking—bleached and lifeless, far from the vibrancy we’ve come to expect. But what does an unhealthy coral system sound like? In…

The Symbiology of Corals and how it might save them (143)

发表于 2019-07-21 symbiology emmafcamp corals

It's 20 years since our first modern Global Coral Bleaching event. Now they are regular, harder and faster. A deadly trio of climate change conditions are killi…

Corals Classified with Sage Fitzgerald

发表于 2021-05-23 sage corals coral

Taxonomy is how science classifies life. Sage Fitzgerald is a coral taxonomist and in this episode she schools Dr Karl on how it works. They discuss the phoenix…