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Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) swimming past a reef covered with Coral sea fans including (Melithaea sp.) and (Pseudopterogorgia sp.), Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp), (Chironephthya sp.) and (Scleronephthya sp.) and Branching cup corals (Tubastraea micranthus). Many different sponges and tunicates are also seen, as are many coral reef fishes, including Anthias and Damselfish, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

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The last-ditch plan to save coral reefs from utter destruction

Bleaching has devastated reefs around the world, raising fears of an irreversible shift. Yet new interventions have revealed that corals can be remarkably resilient if we can give them enough help to recover

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Coral reefs on a remote archipelago shrugged off a massive heatwave

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Coral reefs have fuelled severe global warming in Earth's past

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Coral reefs are at a tipping point after surging global temperatures

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Artificial cooling 'urgent' for Great Barrier Reef after warming spike

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There may be a surprising upside to losing coral reefs as oceans warm

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Giant coral colony discovered in Red Sea tourism hotspot

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Gorgeous images capture coral breeding breakthrough

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Gorgeous images capture coral breeding breakthrough

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Ocean acidification is reaching deeper waters

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World's largest coral discovered by accident

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World’s largest coral is 300 years old and was discovered by accident

The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres – making it larger than a blue whale – and it is thought to be three centuries old

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Here's how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans

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Solar-powered floating islands could help to regrow coral reefs

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Corals that recover from bleaching still struggle to breed

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Culling predatory starfish conserves coral on the Great Barrier Reef

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