In August 2024, corals on Eilat's reefs began showing signs of bleaching due to a high increase in seawater temperatures. According to Dr. Assaf Zebuloni, an ecologist with the Nature and Parks ...

EILAT, ISRAEL - JULY 14: A stony coral from the genus Stylophora at 10 metres deep on July 14, 2022, in Eilat, Israel. Coral reefs are complete ecosystems, and although the reef in Eilat is ...

Artificial reefs help preserve coral reefs by shifting divers away from the natural ones, according to new long-term study of one in Eilat. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www ...

“Until 1983, the Caribbean coral reef was a thriving tropical reef, quite similar to the coral reef in the Gulf of Eilat,” Bronstein said. “Once the sea urchins disappeared, ...

A deadly epidemic has killed all the black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat. A series of new, disturbing studies from Tel Aviv University reveal a deadly epidemic causing mass mortality of black ...

Israeli, international researchers find medications infected Eilat's coral. ... The sunlight illuminates a coral reef in the Red Sea near the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 15, 2019.

Under the bright blue water of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea, the view is stunning. Expansive coral reefs teeming with life; colorful fish and invertebrates. But something crucial has gone ...

Sea urchins in Israel's Gulf of Eilat have been dying off at an alarming rate, researchers announced Wednesday — a development that threatens the Red Sea’s prized coral reef ecosystems.

The researchers: "Mass mortality of sea urchins in the Mediterranean Sea has spread to the Gulf of Eilat and threatens to destroy the coral reef. Within just two days a healthy sea urchin becomes ...

Coral reef in Eilat (photo credit: NATURE AND PARKS AUTHORITY) In August 2024, corals on Eilat's reefs began showing signs of bleaching due to a high increase in seawater temperatures.

EILAT, Israel, February 20, 2024 – Divers are essentially tourists who love coral reefs and invest a lot of time and effort to watch them. Unfortunately, divers also cause damage to corals ...