Coral reefs, once thriving underwater cities teeming with life, now face an unprecedented crisis. Scientists have declared that coral reefs have become the first major environmental system on Earth to ...

Over that time, he's witnessed an alarming trend. In the past 20 years, half of Florida corals have died off. "Watching the decline of coral at Looe Key has been heartbreaking," Lapointe says. "When I ...

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Arah Narida leans over ...

MIAMI — Earth just reached its first catastrophic climate tipping point. Coral reefs around the world are facing widespread dieback. “Unless we take radical steps, I fear that we’re going to see the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — On a ...