NewsPronto

 
Times Advertising


.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Coral reefs are in crisis – but scientists are finding effective ways to restore them

  • Written by Deron Burkepile, Associate Professor of Ecology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Juvenile blue tang sheltering in restored staghorn coral.Mark Ladd, CC BY-ND

These are bleak times for coral reefs. Warming ocean waters, disease outbreaks, pollution, sedimentation, careless scuba divers, destructive fishing practices, and a host of other global and local stressors are decimating coral populations at unprecedented rates.

If there...

Read more: Coral reefs are in crisis – but scientists are finding effective ways to restore them

More Articles ...

  1. Why California gets to write its own auto emissions standards: 5 questions answered
  2. Paper trails and random audits could secure all elections – don't save them just for recounts in close races
  3. Rights of the dead and the living clash when scientists extract DNA from human remains
  4. Colombia's murder rate is at an all-time low but its activists keep getting killed
  5. For many US towns and cities, deciding which streets to name after MLK reflects his unfinished work
  6. How to deal with life's risks more rationally
  7. Government fuel economy standards for cars and trucks have worked
  8. Why is it so stressful to talk politics with the other side?
  9. American broadcasting has always been closely intertwined with American politics
  10. Understanding Facebook's data crisis: 5 essential reads
  11. Howard University student protest: 3 questions answered
  12. Stronger fuel standards make sense, even when gas prices are low
  13. Why China's soybean tariffs matter
  14. Sinclair-style employment contracts that require payment for quitting are very uncommon. Here's why
  15. Why the Christian right opposes pornography but still supports Trump
  16. Look up – it's a satellite!
  17. Why are fewer and fewer Americans fixing their noses?
  18. Behind the scenes of Venezuela's deadly prison fire
  19. Gaza's nonviolent protesters exploited by Hamas, but feared by Israel
  20. When police use force: 3 essential reads
  21. Sure, cancer mutates, but it has other ways to resist treatment
  22. Driverless cars are already here but the roads aren't ready for them
  23. Today's youth reject capitalism, but what do they want to replace it?
  24. I’m suing Scott Pruitt’s broken EPA - here’s how to fix it
  25. Why are Sinclair's scripted news segments such a big deal?
  26. What meeting your spouse online has in common with arranged marriage
  27. Resisting technology, Appalachian style
  28. Half of Earth's satellites restrict use of climate data
  29. Why a census question about citizenship should worry you, whether you're a citizen or not
  30. Genes and environment have equal influence in learning for rich and poor kids, study finds
  31. 5 things to know about the teacher strike in Oklahoma
  32. Why bodycam footage might not clear things up
  33. A chicken in every backyard: Urban poultry needs more regulation to protect human and animal health
  34. It's not my fault, my brain implant made me do it
  35. Costa Rica looks a little less exceptional after its heated election
  36. Statesman, strongman, philosopher, autocrat: China's Xi is a man who contains multitudes
  37. Trump's military policy overlooks data on why transgender troops are fit to serve
  38. Why prime numbers still fascinate mathematicians, 2,300 years later
  39. Fabiano Caruana is poised to do what no American has done since Bobby Fischer. Here's the path he took to get there
  40. Colleges must confront sexual assault and sexual harassment head on
  41. FDR's forest army: How the New Deal helped seed the modern environmental movement 85 years ago
  42. MLK's vision matters today for the 43 million Americans living in poverty
  43. 'Oklahoma!' at 75: Has the musical withstood the test of time?
  44. Martin Luther King Jr. had a much more radical message than a dream of racial brotherhood
  45. How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really worked – according to the person who built it
  46. These are the VA's 3 main problems -- leadership isn't one of them
  47. Cuba's new president: What to expect
  48. Military mission in Puerto Rico after hurricane was better than critics say but suffered flaws
  49. Langston Hughes' hidden influence on MLK
  50. This 'Final Four' takes place over the board – with talent from around the world