Climate change is warming the whole planet, but the ocean is absorbing most of that heat. That’s bad news for creatures that are sensitive to temperature changes, like corals. When waters get too ...

An Australian research vessel testing a localized form of climate engineering — artificial modification of the weather — to ...

An international team of coral scientists is calling for urgent regulatory reform to support assisted gene flow (AGF)—a ...

A towering coral reef has emerged from the depths of Australia’s northern waters, reshaping what scientists thought they knew ...

In a Policy Forum, Andrew Baker and colleagues discuss the recent regulatory action in Florida that has enabled the world’s first international coral exchange. The exchange was done to bolster genetic ...

A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought.

Coral reefs need long-term care to help them survive, thrive and maintain their beauty and ecological function. To ensure that initial restoration gains are not quickly lost, such efforts need to be ...

The Collapse of the World’s Coral Reefs is “Death by a Thousand Cuts” A marine ecologist on the impacts of losing this ecological “canary in the coal mine.

Climate change is severely impacting coral reefs globally, including Florida's reef, which is vital to the state's economy and provides significant flood protection. Florida's coral reef has ...

Read more: Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass bleaching event – can climate refuges help? “Major ocean currents can carry baby corals to temperate seas.

You might be longing for a place to visit where you know you'll get plenty of sun, find relaxing beaches, and, most ...

Discover how an algae-based gel enhances coral restoration by attracting larvae to damaged reefs, increasing settlement rates by up to 20 times.