Research indicates that delicate deepwater corals tolerated or adapted to major climate and salinity fluxes, “yet today, it’s ...

"Deep-sea coral have tentacles that can manually bring ... In one case, the team sets up tiny rock tiles for the baby coral to grow on, as research has shown that they like a stable surface.

A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most of their time attached to rocks on the sea bottom or on coral reefs waiting for fish to pass close enough to ...

The larva grows into a coral polyp, then a colony that matures and releases larvae that colonize other rocks. In time ... a nursery for fish and a natural sea defense for coastlines.

It tells of a time 125,000 years ago, when a modest increase in Earth’s temperatures caused ice sheets to melt and global sea levels to surge. The height of the coral — which can grow only ...

the framework of the coral reef is filled with sediment and cemented with calcite and aragonite. If sea level changes, the reefs become exposed to corrosive rainwater that dissolves the unstable ...