There is a kingdom of coral in the principality of the Pacific ... of geography, ocean currents, temperature, and the vagaries of evolution. What can be said simply is that the reef remains ...

The Coral Triangle encompasses portions of 2 biogeographic regions: the Indonesian-Philippines Region, and the Far Southwestern Pacific ... species of reef-building coral—the darkest area that is ...

The world's largest coral has been found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, and scientists say the ... rather than a reef — which is a network of many coral colonies. It "provides essential habitat ...

An underwater investigation of coral bleaching in the South Pacific ... of coral reefs leaves them hypersensitive to climate change, but ecosystems above ground and beneath the ocean will also ...

Good luck finding Tuvalu on a map. The Pacific paradise ... Scientists from the University of Auckland discovered that coral reef islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans have been adapting ...

Many of these scattered across the Pacific Ocean. Lots of these islands have been created by volcanoes, although some are made on coral reefs ... coral bleaching. A map showing the location ...