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Reef sharks are being wiped out by overfishing so rays are taking over

A global survey reveals that common species of coral reef shark are in sharp decline, and rays are more abundant in reefs where sharks have been depleted

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The uncomfortable reality of life on Earth after we breach 1.5°C

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Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu

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We’ve been drastically underestimating Earth’s microbial diversity

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Probiotics shield corals from deadly tissue loss disease

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Algae-farming fish help coral reefs bounce back from bleaching events

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Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has begun to eat away at this star coral. The destructive disease is destroying reefs throughout the Caribbean; Shutterstock ID 1972413326; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Scientists are slathering reefs with antibiotics to stop coral disease

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Start-up plans 2500 artificial coral reefs to fight climate change

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Thousands of coral larvae ‘planted’ under offshore wind turbine

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Reef-building coral may feed more efficiently by using tiny hair-like structures - called cilia - to generate food-carrying conveyer belts of mucus and seawater across their surface.

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Watch coral create conveyor belts of mucus to share food

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Coral reefs have conveyor belts of mucus running across their surface

Tiny cilia on coral reef polyps coordinate to generate currents that run across the reef surface, perhaps to carry food to all colony members

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Corals further from pollution were more resistant to Hawaiian heatwave

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Great Barrier Reef suffers first mass bleaching under cooling La Niña

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The way we are going about saving coral reefs is all wrong

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Safe havens for coral reefs will disappear with 2°C of global warming

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