New study reveals that coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat experienced a surprising 3,000-year "shutdown" in growth, from about 4,400 to 1,000 years ago, likely due to a temporary drop in sea level that ...

We had discovered something more valuable than a gold mine. Thousands of corals ... led to developing Sur Ridge into a singular deep-sea coral observatory: ocean currents are measured at fine ...

"You talk about canaries in the coal mine," Manzello said ... "It's not simple." 5. Red Sea Coral Reef The Red Sea Coral Reef located between Asia and Africa is considered an "anomaly ...

the framework of the coral reef is filled with sediment and cemented with calcite and aragonite. If sea level changes, the reefs become exposed to corrosive rainwater that dissolves the unstable ...

It is literally losing ground as its 33 coral atolls and islands are being destroyed by rising sea levels and extreme weather events like floods, earthquakes and tropical cyclones. Much of ...