In the midst of a mass coral bleaching event along the West Australian coast, a group of scientists have discovered a section ...

Coral reefs are essential to the health of oceans, the food supply and to protecting the coast from storms. But as climate ...

Monroe County’s Artificial Reefs Program is making significant progress as new reef projects move forward, permits are ...

Scientists say coral reefs may be getting sick from more than ocean heat, with nutrient imbalance now linked to deadly ...

Researchers have developed an autonomous system for seeking out and mapping hotspots of biodiversity on coral reefs with ...

Beneath the beauty of coral reefs lies a hidden universe of microbes unlike anything scientists expected. Each coral species ...

At 1.5C of global warming, up to 90% of coral reefs could be lost. The next few months could be a defining moment ...

For decades, coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been suffering from disease, pollution, overfishing and rising sea temperatures, yet most have continued to grow – until now. In 2023 and 2024, ...

C. Mark Eakin is the former head of Coral Reef Watch at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In a new study, he and his colleagues found that a 2014 to 2017 heat wave caused moderate ...