But this year, everything is going in reverse. As water temperatures spiked in the Florida Keys, scientists from universities, coral reef restoration groups and government agencies launched a heroic ...
In 2023, the Caribbean recorded its worst coral bleaching mortality since 1987. By October, mass bleaching affected over 95% ...
MUCH has been written about the disastrous effects of climate change upon our oceans which we can least afford to ignore. These include rising sea levels, the absorption of carbon dioxide and its ...
Coral reefs are in the midst of an ecological crisis and are at risk of extinction, according to the United Nations Capital ...
HELEN ISLAND, Palau -- The handful of rangers who protect one of Earth's most remote and biologically diverse reefs have only each ... hundreds of hard and soft coral species thrive in its ...
Coral reefs rank among the most biodiverse habitats on Earth and are often referred to as the rainforests of the sea. Modern reef building corals evolved in the Triassic Period around 250 million ...
This initiative has led to restorations of 540 coral colonies and the cleaning of 270 coral reefs, helping to revitalize damaged marine habitats. Guardians of the Sea is an impactful and innovative ...
Join us for an evening of poetry, music and marine science exploring coral reefs, their extraordinary biodiversity, and the threats they face. Coral reefs are some of the most complex ecosystems in ...
The urgent fight to protect Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef from disastrous mass coral bleaching events has been given a significant boost, with new research from Monash University identifying ...
One Sunday night in February, Will Shortz was at his desk at home in Pleasantville, New York, when he leaned to his left and realized he couldn’t sit back up straight. “I knew immediately I ...
The NOAA coral reef authority declared the global bleaching event in April 2024, making it the fourth of its kind since 1998. The previous record from the 2014 to 2017 mass bleaching affected just ...