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.

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, according to a new study led by University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa ...

Coral reef decline and human impacts You may have seen that the plight of the world’s coral reefs, pinnacles of marine biodiversity, has been in the news a lot lately.

Also, most coral reef research has emphasized the effects of these human stressors on the conspicuous animals and plants that live on a coral reef.

Also, most coral reef research has emphasized the effects of these human stressors on the conspicuous animals and plants that live on a coral reef.

Jarvis, a remote U.S.-protected island, is suffering an unimaginable 90 percent coral mortality. While this recent bad news for reefs is eye-catching, coral reefs have been in trouble for a long time.