The world's coral reef ecosystems almost all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years, mostly due to warming oceans and heat waves, according to a global assessment released Thursday.It's the ...

A new scientific paper reveals that many predictions about the future of coral reefs under climate change may be missing a crucial piece of the puzzle. The article, published in Nature Ecology & ...

For the first time, the world’s coral reefs have been assessed with the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems. The assessment covers 127 coral reef ecosystems in more than 80 countries and territories. The ...

Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral were present off ...

According to the IUCN Red List analysis, marine heat waves currently pose the biggest threat to coral reefs. As the ocean warms, these events are occurring more frequently and lasting longer, which ...

LONDON, April 15(Reuters) - Huge stretches of coral reef around the world are turning a ghostly white this year amid record warm ocean temperatures. On Monday, the U.S. National Oceanic and ...

Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive 2023’s extraordinary marine heat wave. They ...

Submerged ancient forest floors off Mozambique now shelter young reef fish, suggesting overlooked peat reefs could offer some species refuge as coral reefs decline. Much of the seabed along Mozambique ...

Ocean fish populations have fallen dramatically in the past half-century, and climate change is expected to make the problem worse. Governments have designated “marine protected areas”, where where ...

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. A staggering 77% ...

Unprecedented ocean temperatures are triggering mass coral bleaching events across the world. This year, the world’s third largest barrier reef, in Florida, is already being hit hard. New research by ...

Not all reefs in the ocean are naturally occurring. Artificial reefs are human-made structures that come in a variety of shapes and sizes. In this episode, we learn about what they are, the benefits ...