The swiftly changing climate presents a challenge to organismal fitness by creating a
mismatch between the current environment and phenotypes adapted to historic conditions …

Coral reef restoration is not the same as forest restoration as its success is not always
guaranteed because of insufficient knowledge of coral biology. The technology of active …

Active coral restoration typically involves two interventions: crossing gametes to facilitate
sexual larval propagation; and fragmenting, growing, and outplanting adult colonies to …

Coral-reef ecosystems are experiencing frequent and severe disturbance events that are
reducing global coral abundance and potentially overwhelming the natural capacity for reefs …

The rapid loss of reef-building corals owing to ocean warming is driving the development of
interventions such as coral propagation and restoration, selective breeding and assisted …

Determining the adaptive potential of foundation species, such as reef-building corals, is
urgent as the oceans warm and coral populations decline. Theory predicts that corals may …

Phenotypic plasticity is an important ecological and evolutionary response for organisms
experiencing environmental change, but the ubiquity of this capacity within coral species …

Urgent action is needed to prevent the demise of coral reefs as the climate crisis leads to an
increasingly warmer and more acidic ocean. Propagating climate change–resistant corals to …

Coral gardening plays an important role in the recovery of depleted populations of
threatened Acropora cervicornis in the Caribbean. Over the past decade, high survival …

Given that global warming is the greatest threat to coral reefs, coral restoration projects have
expanded worldwide with the goal of replenishing habitats whose reef-building corals …