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"‘Slumping’ afflicted soft corals around a South Korean island in 2024. Will it return this year?
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‘Slumping’ afflicted soft corals around a South Korean island in 2024. Will it return this year?
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea — In April 2025, I zipped myself up into a thick wetsuit and inched down a steep, rocky ledge toward the gray-blue water encircling Beomseom, a small island off the southern coast of Jeju Island in South Korea. Then I leapt into the chilly sea and wriggled into my scuba gear […]

"Responsible Coral Reef Tourism can Help Protect Fragile Oceans"
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Responsible Coral Reef Tourism can Help Protect Fragile Oceans | Happy Eco News
UNEP and the Reef-World Foundation’s Green Fins initiative are promoting responsible coral reef tourism through practical steps travelers can take to reduce damage to marine ecosystems.

"One of the world’s largest deep-sea coral reefs discovered off Argentina"
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One of the world’s largest deep-sea coral reefs discovered off Argentina
Biologist Erik Cordes has spent much of his career studying cold-water reefs — coral systems typically found in chilly, dark waters far below the ocean’s surface. But his latest project took him by surprise when he and a group of colleagues discovered what might be one of the world’s largest deep-sea, cold-water reefs. Over the […]