Discover how coral reef decline, driven by climate-induced bleaching, threatens marine fisheries and global livelihoods.

When ocean temperatures exceed their normal range — increasingly due to climate change — corals experience extreme stress and ...

In the summer of 2023, an unprecedented marine heat wave filled national headlines with apocalyptic projections for the ...

Since 1984, when satellite record-keeping of ocean temperatures started, every year has been warmer than the previous one ...

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote ...

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote ...

Warmer ocean temperatures are blamed for a major bleaching event this summer that killed 61.2 percent of corals off ...

After another record-breaking year for global temperatures in 2024, pressure is rising on policymakers to step ...

The Coral Triangle connects six countries, hosting 75% of the world's coral species and over 3,000 fish species. It plays a ...

Nannalin Pornprasertsom is one of a growing number of scuba divers learning conservation and citizen science techniques as coral reefs experience a fourth global bleaching event. After a two-week ...

Coral reefs, the rainforests of the ocean, are facing an existential crisis. The vibrant colors and diverse life that once thrived within these underwater ecosystems are now threatened by phenomena ...

To help rare elkhorn corals survive in Florida waters, coral researchers should place them in shallow ocean locations with fast currents, scientists explained in a recent publication.