In addition cold - water coral reefs and their biodiversity are also threatened by ongoing ocean warming and ocean acidification. (sciencedaily.com)
The previously estimated 22 percent death of shallow water corals has now increased to 29 percent, based on the latest figures. (businessinsider.com)
Unlike their better - known tropical cousins, which grow in warm surface waters, these cold - water corals grow very slowly and can live to be many hundreds of years old. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)