Record high temperatures and relentless marine heat waves triggered widespread coral bleaching and die-offs in the Florida Keys and the Caribbean this summer, forcing emergency rescue measures to ...

Climate models unreliable in predicting wave damage to coral reefs Date: September 21, 2022 Source: University of Leeds Summary: A new study finds that climate models are unreliable when it comes ...

Coral reefs can naturally protect coasts from tropical cyclones by reducing the impact of large waves before they reach the shore, according to scientists. Tropical cyclones wreak havoc on coastal ...

Noam Vogt-Vincent, University of Hawaii (THE CONVERSATION) Although tropical reefs might look ... such as protecting coastlines from wave damage and supporting fisheries and tourism. Unfortunately, ...

As if tropical storms didn’t get enough of a bad press, it now seems they can ramp up ocean acidification, putting the world’s coral reefs under even greater pressure.

Coral reefs form natural breakwaters, protecting vulnerable coastal areas. Reefy develops stable artificial reefs that protect the coast from wave erosion and stimulate biodiversity. It was ...

Tropical wave could bring heavy rains for days But this wave could bring heavy rains for several consecutive days, depending on whether it stays way out in the Gulf of Mexico or moves closer to ...

Climate models are unreliable when it comes to predicting the damage that tropical cyclones will do to sensitive coral reefs, according to a study published in the journal Earth’s Future.