Coral skeletons left by a tsunami over 630 years ago are a warning for the Caribbean region, according to new research. An earthquake exceeding magnitude 8.0 rocked the north eastern Caribbean ...

The National University of Singapore found that water levels in the region began accelerating much earlier than expected. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, explains that ...

An international research team led by marine biologist Prof. Dr. Maren Ziegler from Justus Liebig University Giessen (JU) has developed an innovative method for reconstructing the past of corals and ...

A catastrophic earthquake rocked the Caribbean in the late 14th century and triggered a tsunami, according to a new study of coral skeletons, which could help prepare for such future disasters in the ...

In April 2019, a marine heat wave struck a coral reef on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, killing much of the coral and the beneficial algae that colonized it. This "bleaching" event reduced ...

An earthquake between 1381 and 1391 triggered a tsunami in the northeastern Caribbean sea that stranded large coral boulders hundreds of meters inland on Anegada, the northernmost of the British ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...

Corals, the foundation of ocean biodiversity, are threatened by climate change. But new research suggests that these organisms might be more resilient than previously thought. In a study published ...