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Coral reef in Eilat

Eilat coral reefs are being 'starved' by high water temperatures

By DR ASSAF ZELVONI

Coral breeding is expected to help future generations of coral survive amidst climate change challenges.

Scientists test limits with coral breeding to boost heat tolerance, study reveals

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Underwater coral reef

Israeli, international researchers find medications infected Eilat's coral

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Two clownfish swim inside of a sea anemone in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 26, 2019.

Hottest oceans in 400 years endanger Great Barrier Reef, scientists say

By REUTERS

The song of the corals: A summer exhibition in Israel

By Walla!

The sea urchin Diadema setosum before (left) and after (right) mortality. The white skeleton is exposed following tissue disintegration and loss of spines.

Deadly sea urchin epidemic spreads, causes major threat to coral reefs

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Fish swim in the Gulf of Eilat's coral reef.

Red Sea warming 2.5x faster than global average, report finds

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Sydney researchers had previously discovered the coral species Porites lutea thrives in both mangrove and reef sites.

Israel-Australia study highlights risks of selective adaptation in coral

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

A bleaching coral is seen in the place were abandoned fishing nets covered it in a reef at the protected area of Ko Losin, after a group of volunteer divers and the Coastal Resources Research Center, helped by the Royal Thai Navy, removed 2,750 sq m of them, Ko Losin, Thailand June 20, 2021

Florida's rising water temperatures raise concerns for health of coral reefs

By REUTERS

A view of coral spawning off the coast of Okinawa, Japan May 12, 2023

Abu Dhabi embraces 3D tech for coral reef recovery amid environmental challenges

By Omnia Al Desoukie/ The Media Line

Fish feeding on a dying D. setosum urchin in the Mediterranean Sea

Mass mortality of sea urchins threatens to destroy Eilat coral reef

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Fishes swim among coral reefs in the waters of Alor, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, October 6, 2022.

New coral reef discovered in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands

By REUTERS

View of the bow looking east at Ma‘agan Mikhael B shipwreck.

British ship, sunken by Nazis, found helping coral reefs - study

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

A diver in the Great Barrier Reef region

Australia denies permission for coal mine near Great Barrier Reef

By REUTERS