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Damaged coral reefs can recover quickly after restoration work

Four years after being restored with steel frames, coral reefs in Indonesia damaged by blast fishing grow at the same rate as healthy reefs, but they have lower levels of species diversity

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Damaged coral reefs can recover quickly after restoration work

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Uncharted waters: The scientists saving Denmark's hidden coral

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Dead man's fingers coral, off the coast of Denmark in Jammer Bay

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Shipwrecks are havens for wildlife in areas threatened by fishing

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Fishing lines tangled to and breaking corals in Cape Verde

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Coral reefs are contaminated with plastic from fishing

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Reef sharks are being wiped out by overfishing so rays are taking over

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Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu

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The uncomfortable reality of life on Earth after we breach 1.5°C

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We’ve been drastically underestimating Earth’s microbial diversity

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Probiotics shield corals from deadly tissue loss disease

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Algae-farming fish help coral reefs bounce back from bleaching events

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Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has begun to eat away at this star coral. The destructive disease is destroying reefs throughout the Caribbean; Shutterstock ID 1972413326; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Scientists are slathering reefs with antibiotics to stop coral disease

Researchers have resorted to applying antibiotics on corals to save Caribbean reefs from deadly disease, but there are concerns this could create antibiotic resistance in other marine animals

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Start-up plans 2500 artificial coral reefs to fight climate change

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Thousands of coral larvae ‘planted’ under offshore wind turbine

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Reef-building coral may feed more efficiently by using tiny hair-like structures - called cilia - to generate food-carrying conveyer belts of mucus and seawater across their surface.

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Watch coral create conveyor belts of mucus to share food

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Coral reefs have conveyor belts of mucus running across their surface

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