Researchers emphasized that today's climate disruption differs in speed.

It demonstrates that the onset of reef growth on the outer shelf was preceded by a rise in summer temperature from ~26° to ~28°C at around 700 thousand years ago (marine isotope stage 17). This ...

Coral reef development is governed by the balance between biological carbonate accretion and relative sea-level changes driven by glacial–interglacial cycles, tectonic movements and modern climate ...

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a labyrinthine, living ring. A coral reef is punctured at points by reef ...