For the first time, the world’s coral reefs have been assessed with the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems. The assessment covers ...
An assessment of the world’s coral reef ecosystems has found that almost all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years mostly due to warming oceans and heat waves ...
One of the most pristine coral reefs in the world is in the center of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, in the jewel-like waters around a tiny atoll. "I get a little lost for ...
I should be watching my dive buddy, but I’m distracted by a giant clam. It’s electric blue mottled with black swirls, like ink dispersing in water. A pink-striped parrot fish is munching on a piece of ...
SYDNEY/SINGAPORE, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Coral reefs are experiencing bleaching events so frequently that they no longer have time to recover before the next one strikes, with global coral cover ‌now well ...
Rising sea temperatures mean reefs don’t have enough time to bounce back between intense heat waves, a new report warns. By Quinn Glabicki Coral reefs around the world, struggling as climate change ...
Some 60 years ago scientists documented a coral reef off the coast of Benin in West Africa that they presumed was already dead. But now researchers have rediscovered the coral reef and found it to be ...
It’s hard to feel optimistic for coral reefs, given the constant headlines about mass bleaching events and deadly disease. Now, a new study offers a glimmer of hope: Coral reefs in some places might ...
SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) - Scientists have identified nearly 166,000 sq km (64,000 sq miles) of coral reefs that are capable of surviving and recovering from climate change, three times more than ...
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On the island of Moorea, in French Polynesia, deep green volcanic mountains slope from high peaks down towards the sea. But they don’t stop at the ...
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The Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative reached a major milestone revealing new insights beneath Florida’s coast. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has reached a major milestone ...