Young corals can still build skeletons in acidic water, but the altered crystal structure makes the skeletons smaller and ...

By 2070 the reef was no longer a continuous ecosystem but a scatter of survivors, patches of hard coral clinging to deep ...

Florida’s coral reefs provide protection from hurricane storm surges—and experts estimate that losing key species in those ...

Roger Williams University professor Koty Sharp says the northern star coral could offer insights to help protect tropical ...

Scientists Sound Alarm Over Climate 'Tipping Points' Ahead Of COP30. With the widespread, irreversible die-off of tropical ...

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

It starts in 1980 when a young Peter Gash first set eyes on Lady Elliot Island – a coral cay on the southernmost tip of the ...

A Honduran coral reef withstood a century of pollution and disease. It could be used to restore dying Caribbean reefs—if scientists can figure out how it survived. Despite being exposed to decades of ...

A record-setting marine heat wave stripped huge portions of Florida's coral reef of their colors in 2023, triggering the ninth and worst mass bleaching event in the Caribbean. Temperatures soared for ...

The Coral Gables girls’ volleyball team has made plenty of strides over the past couple of seasons. A year ago, the Cavaliers broke through to the regional playoffs for the first time in over two ...

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 ...