Ocean temperatures are surging worldwide largely due to human-made climate change and natural El Niño driven patterns. The rise is wreaking havoc on the planet’s coral reefs, however a study ...

A marine heatwave in 2016 killed off a full third of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system in the world. "It's terrible watching your favorite ecosystems slowly die." Carly ...

Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral ...

Meta-analyses reveal that coral reefs provide substantial protection against natural hazards by reducing wave energy by an average of 97%. Reef crests alone dissipate most of this energy (86%).

The Resilient Reefs Initiative is a global partnership to support World Heritage reefs, and the communities that depend on them, to adapt to climate change by reducing local threats. Building ...

Coral reefs support more than 25% of marine biodiversity, including turtles, fish and lobsters, which fuel global fishing industries. The reef is like an apartment building, ...

This browser does not support the video element. The world’s coral reefs are in dire shape because of climate change. Severe bleaching in 2016 and 2017 killed off nearly 50 percent of the Great ...

Dr. Hoegh-Guldberg, who has studied the impact of climate change on coral reefs for more than three decades, was an author of a 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that ...

The world’s coral reefs are in perilous danger due to overfishing, pollution and climate change. But a team of scuba-diving scientists has developed a groundbreaking method for speeding up coral ...

Ecologist warns sudden coral bleaching is "like pulling the plug on a TV" 02:58 Jarrod Taylor has been diving in the waters off the coast of Honolulu for 20 years, and he has witnessed a seismic ...

Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic ...