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Unlike other parts of the reef that experience devastating outbreaks, these locations maintain relatively low populations of crown-of-thorns starfish.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Under the right conditions, their feeding behavior may actually prevent a few dominant coral species from taking over the reef.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

A reef ecosystem collapses when hard corals -- which build its living foundation -- largely disappear and are replaced by algae, rubble and sponges.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Coral reef recovery is a highly active area of research, with efforts ranging from using artificial nurseries to rescue reefs to finding and cultivating more heat-tolerant species.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

I saw two more giant devilfish along the reef that summer, but I did not try to spear them.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

While uncontrolled outbreaks can devastate coral reefs, smaller populations may help maintain the diversity that makes these ecosystems so valuable.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

The discovery could lead to new techniques for restoring coral reefs, which some estimates suggest could disappear within decades as climate change fuels increasingly severe and frequent marine heat waves.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

These clones grow together into large colonies that form the foundation of coral reefs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Last year, scientists warned that warm-water coral reefs had almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

On the north side, it was different There were submerged coral reefs and great shelves.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

Divers and many fishermen want more to be reefed; shrimpers complain that reefs prevent them from dragging nets across parts of the ocean floor.

From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014

The firm has only reefed 12 of the 60 Gulf of Mexico platforms it has decommissioned.

From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014

John Hocevar, its head of ocean campaigns, concedes that in some locations reefed platforms, if non-toxic, may increase marine life.

From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014

Under reefed capital sail C. & E. I. bad a good chance to operate at a profit.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the winds became too uncertain, the captain ordered the high sail reefed.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

Part of that action is Patten’s realization that the sailor’s standard storm tactics—including reefing, heaving-to and lying a-hull—will not work in such an intense blow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

State coffers gain: oil firms typically hand over half the money they save by reefing.

From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014

The federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement urges states to issue reefing permits.

From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014

Finisterre's No. 2 Genoa blew out, but the crew replaced it and bore down while bigger yachts were reefing cautiously.

From Time Magazine Archive

Already reefing from the floods, Cahokia never recovered from the earthquake.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann