One type of this mineral is coral calcium, derived from fossilized coral reefs. It is thought to be more readily absorbed by the body compared to other calcium forms. Coral calcium supplements can ...

Carbon dioxide (CO₂), the greenhouse gas fueling climate change, is increasingly shaping our lives. It drives rising seas, ...

A new method inspired by coral reefs can capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transform it into durable, ...

Beneath the soft bodies of scleractinian, or stony corals, polyps secrete a calcium carbonate skeleton, and it is this skeleton that becomes the foundation of coral reef ecosystems. Coral colonies ...

Researchers in the US have taken inspiration from coral reefs to create fire-resistant, carbon-negative materials ...

Scientists have found a new way to fight climate change—by turning carbon dioxide (CO₂) into strong, fire-resistant building ...

Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of ... A method for measuring the rate of calcium deposition by corals under different conditions. The Biological Bulletin 116, 59-75 (1959).

Coral reefs are made up of colonies of hundreds to thousands of tiny individual corals, called polyps. These marine invertebrate animals have hard exoskeletons made of calcium carbonate, and are ...

A new manufacturing method inspired by coral reefs can captture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transform it into durable, fire-reistant building materials.