A multitude of tropical fish swim above a rocky outcrop covered in a variety of stony corals in the Gulf of Aqaba.

New Study shows local environmental stressors reduce resiliency of Red Sea corals to global change

May 30, 2018 | mote

Ocean acidification (OA) is hard to describe. Many do not realize it's even there, but why would they? It doesn’t have a taste or smell. Despite its mysterious nature, OA is impacting the ocean at an exponential rate. Scientists around the world are studying its effects, but Mote Marine Laboratory...

Large healthy corals of different shapes and patterns encase a large rocky outcrop in the Gulf of Aqaba. Small brightly colored fish swim above the corals while far above them the underwater surface of the sea shimmers.

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International team documents Saudi Arabia’s mysterious coral reefs

October 20, 2016 | Hayley Rutger

U.S. and Saudi Arabian scientists launched the most extensive baseline survey to-date of coral reef ecosystems along the Saudi coast of the Gulf of Aqaba during late September 2016 — investigating multiple reef species in detail to support conservation. Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida and King...