It's no secret that Florida's iconic coral reefs are in trouble. Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, ...

Coral reefs, often called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse and ecologically important ecosystems on Earth. Despite covering less than 1% of the ocean floor, they ...

RUSKIN, Fla. — A Bay area company is emerging as a leader in saving Florida’s rapidly disappearing coral reefs. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, nearly 90% of live ...

It may not snow in Queensland in December, but underwater, the Great Barrier Reef is putting on its own kind of snowfall in a dazzling underwater exhibition of new life. Giant clams, molluscs and ...

The extent of coral reefs worldwide has played a key role in Earth’s climate in the past 250 million years – but not in the way you might expect. Coral reefs are net producers of carbon dioxide ...

Over the past twenty years, coral reef restoration has seen unprecedented growth worldwide. From Indonesia to the Caribbean, thousands of projects have been launched with the goal of "saving" coral ...

Zach Boakes, the lead author of this article, was supported by a post-doctoral fellowship by Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). Zach declares no financial or non-financial ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- A new global report warns coral reefs have already reached a climate tipping point, dying faster than they can naturally recover. The Global Tipping Points Report, authored ...

In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, checking up on hundreds of corals we had transplanted as part of our ...

Elkhorn and staghorn coral are now functionally extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any significant role in their ecosystem. By Catrin Einhorn After a searing ocean ...

His charges are a type of soft coral called gorgonians. "They're a fundamentally important part of the Caribbean and Floridian coral reef habitat," he says. Foord tends to more than 2,000 tiny soft ...

RODRIGUEZ, WPBF 25 NEWS. WELL, YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU HOW A MAJORITY OF THE PLANET’S CORAL REEFS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY GLOBAL WATER TEMPERATURES. SO HOW ARE OUR CORAL REEFS DOING ALONG THE TREASURE ...