Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great ...

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered sufficient light and warmth for corals to evolve over hundreds of millions ...

Elkhorn coral helps form the skeleton of a healthy reef, but more than 95% of the Elkhorn coral off Florida has been wiped ...

Coral reefs around the world are experiencing a mass bleaching event as the climate crisis drives record-breaking ocean heat, two scientific bodies announced Monday — with some experts warning ...

Coral reefs face a dire future as oceans get hotter. Scientists are breeding corals that can handle heat better, in the hope they can survive long enough for humans to rein in climate change.

Partner Content ‘Reef Builders’ Documentary, Presented by Sheba, to Stream Globally on Prime Video The documentary held its world premiere on April 9 in London to honor coral reef restoration ...

During the same period, turf algae—small, fast-growing plants that can smother coral to death—substantially increased from covering 25 percent of the bay floor in 2021 to 79 percent in 2022.

Dr. Hoegh-Guldberg, who has studied the impact of climate change on coral reefs for more than three decades, was an author of a 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that ...

Scientists working off the U.S. Virgin Islands found that the sounds of a healthy coral reef, played on underwater speakers, could encourage a degraded reef to regenerate.

Coral reefs cover only a tiny area of the ocean floor — about 1% of the total marine habitat — but, like bustling cities, they provide homes and life to a wide variety of life.