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Sounds of a healthy reef coaxed coral larvae to settle on artificial structures in Hawai’i—a possible start to “hybrid” reefs, part natural, part built.
Past studies of coral probiotics stayed in the lab. This one tested them on wild coral in the Red Sea during an actual marine heatwave—and the microbes held up.
A new model shows fertilizing the Southern Ocean instead of the equator could pull carbon from the air without wrecking the food chain.
Scientists cracked the case of a single plastic cap using isotope chemistry and ocean current models, revealing how trash is turning into rafts for invasive species.
Sensors strapped to 19 sharks off America’s east coast cut errors in a leading climate model by as much as 43%. Fisheries managers could benefit.
Parametric insurance, once a niche tool for property owners, is now underwriting coral reefs. It’s efficient, innovative—and unsettling.
Current efforts to help coral evolve heat tolerance are moving too slowly to outrun global warming. Scientists propose a moon-shot level research program to engineer evolution.
Some math for those suffering analysis paralysis in the seafood section
Computer simulations reveal that spraying sea salt aerosols may keep global temperatures near 2020 levels as air pollution falls—but may also redraw regional weather patterns.