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Fish helps coral reefs recover

Last Updated: Monday, November 14, 2011, 15:24

Worldwide, coral reefs are being increasingly disturbed by environmental events that are causing their decline.

Reefs coped mass extinction earlier than Earth

Last Updated: Sunday, October 2, 2011, 19:37

Researchers had always assumed it took the Earth as long as five million years to recover from the species collapse.

Fragmented reefs can be good for coral ecosystems

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 15:07

Even just restoring small patches of reef habitat can go a long way to repair coral ecosystems.

Soft corals are key building blocks of reefs

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 19:32

Scientists have long believed that soft corals, one of the many endangered elements of marine life, are only minor contributors to the structure of coral reefs.

Coral reefs on brink of extinction as oceans becoming acidic

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 17:43

Coral reefs are facing the threat of extinction as oceans are increasingly becoming acidic.

Robot finds reefs in unexplored deep sea waters in Australia

Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2011, 12:58

A high-tech underwater robot has discovered diverse coral reefs living in the deep waters.

`Fault-finding` coral reefs can predict site of future earthquakes

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 17:32

In the wake of Japan disaster, the urgent question is where the next big earthquake will hit.

`75 percent of world`s coral reefs under threat`

Last Updated: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 12:49

Local pressures especially overfishing and destructive fishing are causing many reefs to degrade.

More warm, acidic oceans will require greater reef care

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 18:07

The more our oceans become warmer & acidic, the harder we will have to work to save coral reefs.

Study finds how sea urchins affect coral reefs’ growth

Last Updated: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 18:43

A study has found that overfished reef systems have more sea urchins—organisms that in turn eat coral algae.

Puerto Rico aims to protect newly discovered reefs

Last Updated: Friday, January 14, 2011, 10:35

The reefs — at a depth of up to 500 feet (152 meters) in an area 12 miles (19 kilometers) across — were recently discovered.

Coral reefs across Indian Ocean dying: Experts

Last Updated: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 18:46

International marine scientists have said that coral reefs across Indian Ocean are dying.