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Coral reefs play a critical role on the planet. They are some of the most biodiverse biomes, providing food and habitat for about 25% of all marine life and acting as nurseries for both natural and ...

Researchers used Earth-orbiting satellites to map coral reef biodiversity at a global scale to show that areas of high habitat diversity also have high species diversity. This new satellite mapping ...

Approximately 33 percent of reef-forming coral species are threatened with extinction due to multiple threats including habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change. Nearly half of Australia's ...

Coral reefs line shores around the world, but they’re sometimes tough to spot because well, they’re underwater. Now, a group of researchers has found that satellite imagery is capable of mapping reefs ...

Scientists have developed an autonomous underwater robot that can locate and map biodiversity hotspots ...

An autonomous underwater robot capable of locating and mapping biodiversity hotspots on coral reefs using a combination of ...

The coral reefs in the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the rest of the Caribbean are among the most biodiverse places on the planet. They’re also disappearing, threatened by everything from climate change to ...

The world’s coral reefs are close to 25% larger than we thought. By using satellite images, machine learning and on-ground knowledge from a global network of people living and working on coral reefs, ...

"Our lab is looking to map the best waves around the planet, we believe that finding these resilient reefs, as we like to call them, that also have the best waves, by learning more about them, we can ...

Remote reefs off Australia’s northwest coast may be remnants of an ancient reef system that helped shape modern marine life.