Talking Points Memo

As Climate Change Imperils Coral Reefs, Scientists Are Deep-Freezing Corals To Repopulate Future Oceans

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. This novel approach involves storing and cooling coral sperm and larvae, or ...
Nature

Control of Coral Reefs Formation by Boudin‐Like Crustal Extension Processes in the South China Sea: New Insights From Wide‐Angle Seismic Imaging

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
NPR

Scientists are using corals from other countries to save Florida's dying reefs

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...
The Conversation

World’s biggest coral survey confirms sharp decline in Great Barrier Reef after heatwave

Daniela Ceccarelli works for the Australian Institute of Marine Science, a publicly funded research organisation that receives funding from the Australian government, state government departments, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

As Climate Change and Pollution Imperil Coral Reefs, Scientists Are Deep-Freezing Corals to Repopulate Future Oceans

Just as the world’s zoos breed critically endangered animals in captivity to repopulate the wild, scientists are building a global effort to freeze corals for reef restoration. Mary Hagedorn Coral ...