April 9, 2020
Researchers have 3D printed coral-inspired structures that are capable of growing dense populations of microscopic algae. The work could lead to the development of compact, more efficient bioreactors for producing algae-based biofuels, as well as new techniques to repair and restore coral reefs.
October 1, 2015
Coral reefs in the Caribbean have been declining for decades, largely as a result of development, overfishing, and disease. An April 2012 oil spill threatened to further harm this fragile ecosystem on the island of Curaçao, as oil blanketed an area roughly the size of thirty soccer fields.
March 16, 2023
A new study is providing an unprecedented examination of oxygen loss on coral reefs around the globe under ocean warming. Led by researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the study captures the current state of hypoxia—or low oxygen levels—at 32 different sites.
November 15, 2017
…at UC San Diego developed new technology to study coral reefs, by creating detailed 3D photomosaics and software that allows researchers to digitally classify corals. A new study in Coral Reefs used this technology to analyze the reef at Palmyra Atoll, where researchers made discoveries around coral spatial ecology.
May 16, 2013
Socrates Fellow Brings Coral Research to Local High School Coral reef health is the scientific specialty of Aaron Hartmann, a sixth year Ph.D. student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. It’s also the subject of study he introduced to classrooms at High Tech High North County to give students a taste…
July 7, 2022
A new 10-year study from Palmyra Atoll in the remote central Pacific Ocean shows that reefs outside the reach of local human impacts can recover from bleaching.
May 24, 2012
A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has revealed.
January 10, 2017
…images from the world’s coral reefs anywhere between 10 to 100 times faster than processing the data by hand.This is possible because the new version of the system, dubbed CoralNet Beta, includes deep learning technology, which uses vast networks of artificial neurons to learn to interpret image content and to…
January 29, 2018
Two multimedia installations by Music graduate students based on the sonification of endangered coral reefs will premiere Feb. 8 as part of the 2017-2018 performance season at UC San Diego’s Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts & Sciences (IDEAS) in the Qualcomm Institute.
March 11, 2022
Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered a novel molecular process that corals use to control the subcellular environment of the algae that live inside them.
