A CU Boulder researchers uses underwater drilling of coral reef samples to look for resiliency amid higher ocean acidity, in a hopeful sign for the environment.

The mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world since February 2023 is now the most extensive on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told Reuters this week. A staggering 77% ...

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Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday, with scientists fearing the rest of it has suffered a similar fate. The ...

Australia needs to respond to a U.N. warning on the threat to its iconic Great Barrier Reef with bolder climate policies that ...

Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

Vast expanses of coral in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have died as a result of extremely high water temperatures. Surging temperatures worldwide have pushed coral reef ecosystems into a state of ...

The impacted reefs span at least 83 countries and territories. The world's coral reefs are in the midst of the fourth and largest global bleaching event in recorded history, the National Oceanic and ...

These maps show where coral reef restoration along the coasts of Florida and Puerto Rico would protect against more than $391 million in total damage to property and lost economic activity annually.

Larvae-attracting gel could help repopulate decimated coral reefs By Ben Coxworth May 26, 2025 The SNAP-X gel could help attract free-swimming planktonic coral larvae to decimated reefs, ultimately ...

Coral reefs have long been losing their color due to bleaching, but a recent uptick has caused nearly all of the world's reefs to be damaged. A record-breaking amount of marine life fell victim to the ...

A group that is pioneering underwater sculpture parks as a way to create man-made coral reefs has deployed its first installation off Miami Beach.