A marine heatwave has hit Ningaloo Reef hard – and the northern Great Barrier Reef is now bleaching too.
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Increasing coral bleaching will be worst for the most biodiverse reefs along the equator, impacting the livelihoods and nutrition of the people who depend on them.
This knowledge is particularly important if we want to help reefs recover devastating events such as mass bleaching and cyclones.
New research involving CRISPR technology has furthered our understanding of corals’ gene functions. Specifically, it has revealed a mechanism underpinning how corals withstand heat stress.
The largest reproductive event on the planet is under threat.
A new study identifies dozens of individual reefs on the Great Barrier Reef that are especially important for coral larvae dispersal and which could help the entire ecosystem bounce back.
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Chair Professor, Coral Reef Ecology, The University of Queensland
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Research Program Director, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Southern Cross University
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Queensland University of Technology
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Senior research scientist, CSIRO
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Professor of Global Change Ecology, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Marine Science and Sustainability, Umeå University
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Head of School (Computer Science) and Co-Director (Centre for Data Science), Queensland University of Technology
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Principal Investigator, Carnegie Institution for Science
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Associate Professor, Marine Ecology, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University