Coral reefs
Story - February 1, 2013
Coral reefs are predicted to decline under the pressure of global warming. However, a number of coral species can survive at seawater temperatures even higher than predicted for the tropics during the next century. How they survive, while most...
Story - January 23, 2013
Researchers based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton have found out how corals use their pink and purple hues as sunscreen to protect them against harmful sunlight.
Many reef corals need light to survive, as they benefit from sugars...
Story - December 11, 2012
Research into a process that is threatening to wipe out coral reefs, by a scientist at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, has been recognised with a prestigious award worth 1.29 million euros.
Dr Jörg Wiedenmann, head of the centre...
Story - August 20, 2012
Research from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has found that an imbalance of nutrients in reef waters can increase the bleaching susceptibility of reef corals.
Corals are made up of many polyps that...
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Story - July 10, 2012
Research carried out at the National Oceanography, Southampton has provided new insight into the basic immune response and repair mechanisms of corals to disease and changing environmental conditions.
The study, published in the latest issue of...
