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How a laboratory accident revealed a new way to rescue dying corals

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Nature

Teenagers often dress to look older – new study shows fish do it too

Highly territorial, clownfish use colour patterns and size as markers of their social rank.

Earth News

Healthy coral reefs could feed millions every year, finds study

Overfishing and global warming are depleting food from our oceans, but rebuilding reef life could help provide millions of meals every year.

Climate

Earth has just reached its first catastrophic climate tipping point

Global policy makers are being urged to take ‘immediate and unprecedented’ action to prevent the risk of triggering further climate tipping points.

Nature

Rare 'twilight zone' ecosystem discovered off Cyprus

A UK-funded expedition maps the hidden reefs of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, revealing fragile ecosystems already bearing the marks of human activity.

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Climate

Australia’s reefs suffer worst coral decline on record

Some of the reefs surveyed lost as much as 70 per cent of their corals.

Earth News

Brazil and France launch push to put oceans at heart of climate plans

Brazil explicitly included ocean-based actions for the first time in its most recently submitted national climate plan.

Nature

Clownfish shrink to survive heat waves as climate change warms oceans

Scientists observed this behaviour in Papua New Guinea, where warming oceans and bleaching sea anemones forced the fish to cope with extreme conditions.

Nature

See magical new deep-sea photos of coral gardens and thermal vents

The mission was so remote that often the closest humans to the vessel were on the International Space Station.

Nature

84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record

Scientists warn that this could be "something that's completely changing the face of our planet".

Earth News

Mega coral visible from space discovered in the Solomon Islands

A mega coral has been discovered by scientists in the Solomon Islands, which holds centuries of ocean secrets.

Nature

Papua New Guinea: This expedition is revealing secrets of the ocean

Hours of scuba diving and sending cameras thousands of metres down will help the government to preserve biodiversity.

Nature

How Olympic surfing caused environmental controversy in Tahiti

A wooden judging tower has stood on this surf break for two decades but organisers had plans to build something bigger.

Travel News

What is reef-friendly sunscreen and does it really protect the ocean?

Your sun protection could be damaging coral reefs. Here's what you can do about it.

Climate

'Crazy' ocean heat is killing coral reefs like never before

'This wouldn't be happening without climate change', said the head of the United States' Coral Reef Watch Program

Nature

Europe’s largest reef is on a mission to save the world’s corals

A Netherlands zoo has planted self-bred corals that could one day repopulate heat stressed reefs.

Climate

World’s coral reefs hit by fourth mass bleaching event

This is the second global coral bleaching event in 10 years due to warming oceans.