Three-year study seeks to evaluate the potential of artificial upwelling and identify depth and intensity scenarios that mitigate coral bleaching effectively with minimal risk of unwanted side effects.
Helping Corals Thrive in Warmer Waters: New Study Explores the Value of Artificial Upwelling
June 10, 2024
New study looks at how coral absorbs light
February 18, 2019
Researchers in Bermuda have released a new study on how corals absorb light in different conditions.
Pumping Up Cold Water From Deep Within the Ocean to Halt Coral Bleaching
September 29, 2020
The risk of severe coral bleaching—a condition in which corals lose their symbiotic algae, called zooxanthellae—is five times more frequent today than it was forty years ago. Coral bleaching is a direct result of global warming, where rising temperatures cause marine heat waves, which place stress on the living coral animals, as well as the photosynthetic algae on which they depend for energy. This heat stress causes the algae to malfunction, at which point they are expelled by the corals, causing the organisms to lose their color and appear white (thus the term coral “bleaching”).
Changing Seas – Bermuda: Life at Ocean’s Edge
June 10, 2023
As the shipwreck capital of the world, Bermuda is known for its treacherous reefs. But these unique corals may also offer clues to heightened resilience in the face of a changing climate. Working at the edge of science – and living at the edge of the ocean – experts study and protect these islands and reefs they call home.
COVID Cancellations Lead to Confidence in Coral Reef Ecology
February 28, 2023
In early 2021, Nicole Burt, then 22 years old, was in her fourth year of graduate studies at the University of Southampton in England. She was close to finishing her integrated master’s degree in marine biology and was putting final touches on her thesis, which focused on the effects of dissolved inorganic nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, on coral growth. Burt hoped to travel after graduation and started making plans to spend the summer conducting fieldwork in a tropical marine environment.
Undergraduate Interns Leave BIOS With Key Skills, Lasting Friendships
January 02, 2023
Conducting research can be a career-defining opportunity for an undergraduate student. This experience helps build their CV for graduate school, it can open doors to internships and jobs, and many students present their results at international scientific conferences. Recognizing the increasingly critical role that independent research plays in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers, each fall BIOS welcomes a cohort of undergraduate interns as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.
Illuminating Effects of Mesoscale Eddies on Coral Reefs
August 31, 2023
This summer marks year two of a three-year ASU BIOS study designed to expand understanding of how ocean eddies might be affecting coral reefs, as well as what role eddies may have played in reef accretion and overall functioning in the past.
ENCORE – A Step on the Path Toward More Resilient Corals
October 26, 2023
Jurassic Park’s Dr. Ian Malcolm was right. Against seemingly impossible odds, life often does “find a way.” Fictional dinosaurs notwithstanding, creatures large and small display impressive abilities to adapt to changing conditions. Sometimes, though, the changes are so rapid and profound that “life” starts losing its way. Sometimes, “life” needs a hand.
ASU Announces New School of Ocean Futures
October 01, 2022
A new school dedicated to the study of the ocean and its ecosystems, and it is based in the desert?