Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a ...

Coral reefs, once thriving underwater cities teeming with life, now face an unprecedented crisis. Scientists have declared ...

In case you haven't been paying attention, it's getting hotter every year, and some environments are beginning to reach a ...

Recent record-breaking ocean temperatures have killed off so many elkhorn and staghorn corals, they are on the verge of disappearing completely, scientists have found.

Coral reefs have passed their survival limit, confirming Earth’s first tipping point and signaling more irreversible climate ...

A record 2023 heat wave all but eradicated two species of coral that historically served as the backbone of Florida's reefs, ...

Warm-water coral reefs cross thermal tipping point, undergoing unprecedented dieback, marking Earth’s first climate ‘tipping ...

Three marine scientists describe what they saw in the summer of 2023, when more than 95% of elkhorn and staghorn coral bleached and died in Florida’s coral reef.

Earth has breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, with ocean acidification now in the danger zone. Rising CO2 levels are ...

Record-warm ocean temperatures off the coast of Florida last summer stressed an already vulnerable coral reef system, prompting a massive die-off across the only living barrier reef in the continental ...

In an effort to restore damaged coral reefs, some groups are growing hardy varieties of coral in nurseries, then transplanting them onto existing reef beds. The new Maritechture system is designed to ...