A new scientific paper reveals that many predictions about the future of coral reefs under climate change may be missing a crucial piece of the puzzle. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The world is on the verge of a fourth mass coral bleaching event which could see wide swathes of tropical reefs die, including parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the U.S.

For more than a quarter billion years, coral reefs did far more than brighten shallow seas. Long before humans appeared, ...

Ocean reefs are some of the most at-risk areas in the ocean. Places that were once teeming with wildlife are now reduced to a grey, barren wasteland. According to the Coral Reef Alliance, over 75% of ...

A team of researchers led by the University of Plymouth have earned £3.7million from UK Research and Innovation to conduct an ...

Coral reefs, the "rainforests of the sea," provide habitats for 25% of all marine life. Critical to global biodiversity, they ...

Besides preserving and growing coral species, the Maui Ocean Center features a Living Reef Exhibit in its large aquarium. Courtesy photo/Maui Ocean Center At one of the largest saltwater aquarium ...

South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call the rainforest of the sea.

FILE - Bleached coral is visible at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 16, 2023. Ocean temperatures that have gone ...

Coral reefs are facing "mass extinction" as changing ocean currents continue to cause widespread bleaching events, a study has found. The new study, published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change ...

(AP) — Ocean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It’s so bad that scientists ...