Adrienne Correa sucked in a breath as she slipped on her wet suit 115 miles offshore of Galveston — but it had nothing to do with preparing for her 70-foot dive to the coral reef at the Flower Garden ...

Coral in the world’s oceans is under pressure from several fronts. Scientists have now found that when salinity levels in the ocean change dramatically, which may occur because of freshwater flooding, ...

New research confirms that drastic changes in ocean salinity from, for example, severe freshwater flooding, as recently experienced off the coast of north-east Queensland from abnormal monsoonal ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Proximity to land and sources of freshwater expose fishes residing on inshore reefs to fluctuating environmental conditions (e.g. high ...

Ten million baby oysters tumbled onto the Wade Reef in the Severn River on Thursday, the spot where environmentalists hope they will grow, provide habitat and filter the water for years to come.

SAN LEON, Texas – It’s been nearly a year since Hurricane Harvey battered the oyster population off the coast of Galveston County. Excessive rainfall and freshwater runoff depleted salinity levels in ...

CQUniversity researcher Dr Alison Jones said she had seen first hand coral which had been killed at Halfway Island. Dr Jones said the fresh water diluted the salinity levels of the ocean and could be ...

When most people plan to start their first ever saltwater and reef aquarium they have a notion that water parameters in a saltwater environment is a difficult topic. However, I believe this is just a ...

Athens, Ga. - A new reef system has been found at the mouth of the Amazon River, the largest river by discharge of water in the world. As large rivers empty into the world's oceans in areas known as ...

In a bid to find out how the Great Barrier Reef will be affected by climate change, scientists are using elephant seals to collect data from the ocean around Antarctica. The seals have sensors glued ...

A deep sea oyster reef restoration being touted as the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico began in an unlikely place: a quarry in landlocked Missouri. That is where years of research, planning and ...

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