For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

Even as President Trump calls for slashing the funding of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, reefs are dying just a ...

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Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

The General Organization for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea (SHAMS) is set to launch a new ...

A study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as ...

Climate change has already caused significant declines in coral reef coverage globally and is expected to do much further ...

Oceans are facing a multitude of climate-induced stresses including acidification, sea-level rise, warming waters, and ice ...

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at risk ...

Scientists have warned that the planet crossed the global boundary for ocean acidification around the year 2020, according to a new study.

NOAA recently reported that the largest coral bleaching event on record is impacting 84% of the world’s reefs, including the ...