#coral — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #coral, aggregated by home.social.
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Carbon pollution has fuelled ‘massive expansion’ of marine heatwaves in Europe, study finds
By Ajit Niranjan Europe environment correspondentHottest periods this year in most sea regions would have been ‘virtually impossible’ in a preindustrial climate
#Oceans #Environment #Climatecrisis #Pollution #Fossilfuels #Marinelife #Energy #Coral #Fish #Birds #Wildlife #TheGuardian #AjitNiranjanEuropeenvironmentcorrespondent
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Carbon pollution has fuelled ‘massive expansion’ of marine heatwaves in Europe, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/carbon-pollution-massive-expansion-marine-heatwaves-europe #Oceans #Environment #ClimateCrisis #Pollution #FossilFuels #MarineLife #Energy #Coral #Fish #Birds #Wildlife
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A feather star on a seafan
#gili #giliislands #lombok #singapore #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #weekend #ocean #sealife #marinelife #coral #featherstar #seafan -
Descubren nueva especie de coral cerca de la Isla del Coco
Una nueva especie de coral fue descubierta en aguas profundas cercanas a la Isla del Coco. El hallazgo es de tal importancia que los expertos tuvieron que crear una nueva familia y un nuevo género biológico, debido a las diferencias morfológicas y moleculares de este animal marino. La especie fue encontrada específicamente entre los 360 […]
The post Descubren nueva especie de coral cerca de la Isla del Coco appeared first on CR Hoy.#Ciencia #Coral #IslaDelCoco #OdaliscaBreedy #VisualA4
https://crhoy.com/descubren-nueva-especie-de-coral-cerca-de-la-isla-del-coco/
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Great Barrier Reef
"..a monsoon brought the Great Barrier Reef a reprieve from coral bleaching—an aid in its initial recovery from recent climate-induced effects."
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/great-barrier-reefs-recovery-from-bleaching-is-aided-by-monsoon/#SolarPunkSunday #GreatBarrierReef #Coral #Oceans #ClimateCrisis
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"Great Barrier Reef’s Recovery From Bleaching is Aided by Monsoon"
#GreatBarrierReef #Coral #Oceans
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/great-barrier-reefs-recovery-from-bleaching-is-aided-by-monsoon/
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"New research is helping biologists understand how an overlooked aspect of coral physiology may affect their fate under climate change."
#Ocean #Marine #Biology #Coral #Reefs #ClimateDiary #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels
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¿Y los protectores solares minerales, esos que prometen ser la alternativa natural? Cuidado. La agencia estadounidense de medicamentos #FDA solo reconoce como seguros y eficaces el óxido de zinc y el dióxido de titanio –pero eso se refiere a la seguridad para nuestra piel, no para el #coral. Los propios autores del trabajo en #Science lo dicen sin rodeos: no está nada claro que los filtros solares metálicos sean más seguros para los arrecifes que los orgánicos
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Lo que sabemos sobre el impacto de los #protectoressolares en los #corales Antonio Figueras Huerta, Instituto de #InvestigacionesMarinas (IIM-CSIC) En mayo de 2022, un equipo de la #UniversidaddeStanford publicó en Science: La #oxibenzona absorbe la radiación ultravioleta y disipa la energía en forma de calor El problema es que, cuando entra en las células de una anémona o de un #coral, el animal la metaboliza: le engancha una molécula de azúcar y la transforma en un compuesto
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Orange Cup Coral, aka Pāpa’i, at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday
Prints available - DM me. #orange #coral #wednesday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover #underwater #art #critter #KeepItReal #C2PA
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Great Barrier Reef’s Recovery From Bleaching is Aided by Monsoon
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Another intriguing read, this time on coral. Quantamagazine is quite impressive today.
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Coral reef with a turtle
#gili #giliislands #lombok #singapore #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #weekend #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #reef #coral #turtle -
Many fish on this coral reef
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"Corals Spin Tiny Vortices to Get Oxygen, but Not if It’s Too Hot
At first glance, corals present as little more than colorful rocks — piles of lobes, stalagmites, and branches poking out from the seafloor.
They are anything but. Corals are complex creatures that form enduring colonies, and just like other animals they need oxygen to live. Across the living surface of coral, a frantic dance of survival takes place, invisible to our eyes and unknown to science before 2014. The tiny dancers are hairlike cilia, and new research into these microscopic structures is revealing just how active corals are in determining their own fate.
Corals aren’t fortunate enough to have a consistent supply of oxygen, and they can’t change location to seek it out. During the day, the tiny polyps that make up a coral colony get plenty of oxygen from the symbiotic algae that photosynthesize within their tissues. But at night that process stops, and a coral polyp’s only source of oxygen is the water around it. Then it’s do or die for the cilia. Using mechanisms scientists are still trying to understand, the cilia wave around to generate fast-moving vortices of water that circulate oxygen to the coral’s outer tissues, in addition to helping keep the colonies free of sediment.
A study published in Science (opens a new tab) in May 2026 provides new insight into how organisms with no brain or musculoskeletal system can generate and regulate this process — and what happens when the water around them warms up. Warmer water naturally carries less oxygen, which prompts corals to move their cilia faster and faster, as if gasping for breath. Above a certain temperature, the system starts to work against itself; the furious beating of cilia uses up any oxygen the coral’s tissues can absorb, and then the polyps can suffocate in the less oxygenated water. Biophysicists, marine biologists, mathematicians, and modelers are now collaborating to better understand the physiological and hydrodynamic forces at work, and how they correlate with bleaching patterns, coral disease, and mass die-offs."
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#News: Actor Jason Momoa warns the world's #coral #reefs are nearing #extinction! 🪸🌊 Up to 90% of reefs at risk if we hit 1.5°C of warming, ACT NOW to stop #climatechange, plastic #pollution 🛑🌍 #SaveOurOceans #Vegan #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/coral-reefs-extinction-global-warming-jason-momoa?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer -
Pulsing Xenia (Xenia species), a soft octocoral. Xenia is famous for its feathery, eight-tentacled polyps that rhythmically contract and expand. This unique motion aids in driving gas exchange, waste expulsion & localized water circulation enhancing photosynthesis. #ocean #coral #animals #biology #science
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How Commercial #Coral Farming for Reef Restoration is Outpacing Nature 50 to One | Happy Eco News
https://happyeconews.com/commercial-coral-farming-for-reef-restoration/