In 2020, scientists warned that coral reefs will decline by 70-90% within 20 years due to severe bleaching from global warming. Bleaching is a condition in which the coral's algae leaves, turning ...

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

Beneath the Surface: Exploring the Best Corral Reefs. ... The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, stretching over 1,800 miles from Papua New Guinea to Brisbane.

To study these questions, UB scientist Ángela Martínez Quintana has created stunning 3D digital models that visualize the surface of coral reefs in painstaking detail. And these artful re-creations ...

A new analysis outlines 150 years of sea-surface temperature history throughout the Greater Caribbean region, highlighting significant warming trends that have disrupted coral reef ecosystems.

The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures ...

Global coral reef bleaching event is largest on record, report says 03:59. ... The average annual sea surface temperature of oceans away from the poles was a record 69.57 degrees.

The largest deep-sea coral reef to date was mapped off the U.S. Atlantic coast. It not only provides benefits to sea life, but humans and planet Earth, as well.

Researchers are recording ocean temperatures that pose severe risks to coral reefs and other marine life. Sea Surface Temperature on July 10, 2023 82°F 84° 86° 88° 90° Florida’s coral reefs ...

Why the Coral Reef Crisis in Florida Is a Problem for All of Us Florida’s coral is facing a threat from a marine heat wave which is warming the Gulf of Mexico. 2023-08-22T06:00:13-04:00 ...

Coral reefs are often described as the rainforests of the sea. The (typically) vibrantly colored underwater ecosystems are built by colonies of tiny animals called polyps.

In this visualization, each layer shows topographic or biological features of a 50-by-50-centimeter section of the surface of a coral reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first layer visualizes the ...