Coral reefs cover less than 0.1% of our ocean, but they are home to 25% of its wildlife and provide livelihoods, food security and protection from tropical storms for an estimated 850 million people ...

The structural complexity of coral reefs creates a vibrant underwater city populated by a diverse assortment of characters. Ironically, this same complexity can impede coral recovery after ...

Severe Cold-Water Bleaching and Mortality of Deep-Water Reef Observed in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Oct. 11, 2024 — New study documents a severe coral bleaching event occurring in a deep coral ...

You'll see fish, sea turtles and more swimming around the Great Barrier Reef's colorful coral while snorkeling. You'll see fish, sea turtles and more swimming around the Great Barrier Reef's ...

The mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world since February 2023 is now the most extensive on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told Reuters this week.

Dead coral skeletons hinder reef regeneration by sheltering seaweed The same structural complexity that fosters vibrant underwater cities can impede coral recovery after disturbances Date ...

Horiguchi has taken pictures of coral in the same area of the island's Sakieda Bay about 10 times since 2019, but had never seen the coral reef stretching so far. “I could feel the vitality of ...

The reef experienced a big bleaching event in 2019, a year after Kopecky began working on the island. "It basically just cooked and killed about half the corals on the reef," he recalled. But ...

STORY: Once vibrant in color... much of the world's coral reefs have turned completely white. "This is the biggest coral bleaching event on record." In an exclusive interview with Reuters ...

Professor Christian Voolstra, a co-author and the elected President of the International Coral Reef Society said, "The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report stated with high ...

Historically, tropical storms and cyclones have been the biggest disruptors to Moorea's reefs. "They tend to scrape all the ...

GRAND BAHAMA, Bahamas — Sam Teicher hovers over a section of Rainbow Reef, his yellow and black scuba fins stilling in the turquoise waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Contrary to the reef’s ...