Deep-sea coral fossils used by researchers to study carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean 20,000 to 10,000 years ago. The Southern Ocean played a critical role in the rapid atmospheric carbon ...

Sarah Kaplan and Bonnie Jo Mount traveled to four islands of the Seychelles and a geochemistry lab in Madison, Wis. to document how fossil corals are helping scientists predict future sea level rise.

"It's the first time we've been able to see this kind of contaminant in corals, and its appearance in these deposits parallel[s] the historic rate of fossil fuel combustion in the region." ...

Join Museum palaeontologist Dr Ken Johnson to discover how Britain’s fossil record reveals surprising clues about the past and future of today’s coral reefs. Tropical corals once dotted the coast of ...