By Elodie Toto In January, U.K. oil giant BP announced it had started producing gas from the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) ...

Warm-water coral reefs are the prime worry. But because carbon dioxide dissolves more readily in cold water, the impact may actually show up first closer to the Poles. Scientists have already ...

Large colony of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa colonized by crinoids and soft corals in 700 meters of water (Porcupine Seabight, Irish continental margin).

“Healthy ecosystems like coral reefs are essential for human livelihoods ... Red List assessments of cold-water corals, which ...

Coral reefs also hold a quarter of all marine life on Earth and their collapse could drastically alter the ecosystem. Groundwater depletion: Much of the world's drinking water comes from ...

There is a kingdom of coral in the principality ... meadows of red sea whips, and water with the clarity of crystal. Was paradise intact? he wondered. “Some reefs,” he says, “are kinetic ...

exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs. However, the Arabian Gulf hosts fewer fish species overall, indicating that only ...

NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AP) — The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam's Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The ...

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that up to 90% of the world’s warm-water coral reefs could vanish if global temperatures increase by 1.5 degrees Celsius. Can ...