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

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 ...

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

After a devastating marine heat wave hit the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas in 2023, the populations of two essential ...

Millions of tires, old washing machines, barges, warships, covering the ocean floor with thousands of square kilometers of concrete—even giant, concrete spheres full of holes: these are all things ...

Hawaiian coral reefs may face unprecedented ocean acidification within 30 years, driven by carbon emissions. A new study by University of Hawai‘i researchers shows that even under conservative climate ...

Coral reefs may look similar at first glance, but their shapes, locations and structures reveal how they form – and how ...