As the Earth’s temperature rises, these animals go through a process called coral bleaching that leaves them looking pale — and sometimes, they don’t bounce back.

Called the Benthic Underwater Microscope Imaging PAM, or BUMP, this microscope is diver-operated and allows scientists to ...

This process is the cause of coral bleaching and is well known to scientists, but few large-scale studies have dealt with its effects on the structure of communities of hundreds of species of reef ...

New video captures coral bleaching process "What’s really interesting is just how quickly and violently the coral forcefully evicted its resident symbionts," said researcher Brett Lewis.

Coral reefs worldwide, including the Great Barrier Reef, have faced severe damage from recent bleaching events caused by ...

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...

The process is brought about by stressors that take a toll on coral health. Drastic changes in water temperatures, light and nutrient availability can all cause corals to bleach.

Research into two species of coral native to Hawaii revealed that warmer waters caused by climate change play an important role in coral bleaching—a process that causes coral to lose their color ...

The process of coral bleaching is triggered by warm ocean water. Here, a turtle swims over bleached coral at Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef. (XL Catlin Seaview Survey via Agence France-Presse) ...

Massive coral bleaching across the world's oceans during the past year's extremely warm water temperatures was labeled a “global coral bleaching event” by federal officials on Monday.. It’s ...

Coral reefs are facing "mass extinction" as changing ocean currents continue to cause widespread bleaching events, a study has found. The new study, published in the journal Oxford Open Climate ...

We had this idea that we really needed to try to help Florida’s coral reef by introducing more diversity from around the ...