Rhizopsammia wellingtoni, a rare black stony coral, was thought to be extinct until its recent rediscovery in the Galápagos.

A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought.

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A new University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa study showed there will be unseen levels of ocean acidification around the Hawaiian Islands.

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