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Hope for Corals in Crisis

Summer 2022
( Vol. 57 No. 1 )

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Hope for Corals in Crisis

The emerging science and technology that could give coral reefs a fighting chance

Novel tool sheds light on coral reef erosion

The emerging science and technology that could give coral reefs a fighting chance

Tracking dispersal of baby fish for better reef conservation

To improve marine protected areas, WHOI scientists study the traffic patterns of juvenile reef fish

The hypoxic reef

Scientists say a lack of oxygen might be stressing tropical reefs even more than warming temperatures, acidification, and pollution. But the combination of these factors spells disaster for coral.

A bed of roses in the ocean

Flower-shaped corals blossoming off the island of Tahiti offer hope for reefs

Coral time machines

Sophie Hines discusses the paleo-research power of fossil corals

Five idioms for ocean lovers

Do these ocean idioms come from seafaring history or not? The world is mine oyster, scuttlebutt, taken aback, between the devil and the deep blue sea, sea change.

A curious robot is poised to rapidly expand reef research

WHOI scientists with the Coral Catalyst Team are leveraging a new, artificially intelligent robot to automate coral reef health assessments

For Cynthia Becker, solutions to coral health are in the smallest details

MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Cynthia Becker sits down with Oceanus Magazine to explain why marine microbes may be the key to diagnosing reef health

Why we explore deep-water canyons off our coast

WHOI biologist Tim Shank joins NOAA Fisheries, the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, the National Ocean Service, and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) to study the ecological diversity and economic value laden in the 90 underwater canyons along the northeast U.S. continental shelf