For more than a quarter billion years, coral reefs did far more than brighten shallow seas. Long before humans appeared, ...

Coral reefs are facing "mass extinction" as changing ocean currents continue to cause widespread bleaching events, a study has found. The new study, published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change ...

Coral reefs, the "rainforests of the sea," provide habitats for 25% of all marine life. Critical to global biodiversity, they ...

Scientists have built an AI tool that predicts coral heat stress weeks early, giving reef managers time to act before bleaching starts.

University of Miami scientists have developed an AI model that predicts when coral reefs begin experiencing heat stress, ...

Did you know that coral reefs are vital to the survival of our ecosystem? And did you also know that reefs can be found as deep as 8000 meters in the ocean? As deep as they are, those reefs are still ...

A bleached Acropora palmata image from Jamaica taken in October 2023. Credit: Sabine Hossenfelder/Oxford Open Climate Change A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change indicates that extensive ...

Researchers are launching a major new project to investigate the resilience of deeper coral ecosystems to future climate change.

Besides preserving and growing coral species, the Maui Ocean Center features a Living Reef Exhibit in its large aquarium. Courtesy photo/Maui Ocean Center At one of the largest saltwater aquarium ...

Coral reefs around the world are experiencing a mass bleaching event as the climate crisis drives record-breaking ocean heat, two scientific bodies announced Monday - with some experts warning this ...

Ocean temperatures, especially in the Atlantic, have escalated to unprecedented levels, intensifying the current global coral bleaching event. Approximately 62.9% of the world's coral reefs are ...

A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that extensive bleaching and deaths are widespread at several major coral reefs around the world. This ...