Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

A coral reef off Enderbury Island, a small atoll off Kanton Island in the Pacific Ocean. (Courtesy of Randi Rotjan) A coral reef in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean is coming back to life.

In our new study published in Nature Communications on the coral reefs of Palau, a nation of more than 300 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean, we found that the tolerance of corals to warm ...

"Fundamental to understanding how to sustain reefs in the future." Researcher discovers rare ocean phenomenon serving as unlikely ally to reefs: 'Could offer a blueprint' first appeared on The Cool ...

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 ...

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a labyrinthine, living ring. A coral reef is punctured at points by reef ...

Marine scientists sailing the central Pacific to study its remote coral reefs have reached an underwater Eden even more pristine than they had hoped for, according to e-mail dispatches they sent ...

The culprit in this case is El Niño. The climate event that has been going on for the past several months has warmed ocean water temperatures around Christmas Island by 2.7 to 5.4 degrees ...

Coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean naturally tougher than Caribbean reefs. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 07 / 120712101545.htm ...

The western Pacific island, ... to protect coral reefs. Scientists have found that some chemicals in sunscreen can be toxic to coral reefs, which are a vital part of the ocean ecosystem as ...

New manmade coral reef deployed off coast of islands in hopes of restoring ocean ecosystem The “coral modules” are meant to replace the reefs that have been killed by warming global temperatures.