Among other things, coral reefs have an image problem: their beauty is hidden under the waves — and so is their destruction from a rapidly warming climate. That’s why in 2014, College of Charleston ...

Human activity has lessened the resilience of modern coral reefs by restricting the food-fueled energy flow that moves ...

Coral reefs are vital ecosystems that sustain millions of people, yet they face a growing crisis. Rising ocean temperatures are causing coral bleaching, a process where heat disrupts the relationship ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Multiple reasons. They are home to a huge amount of biodiversity, which provides food ...

Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic underwater landscapes lose their colors and wither during repeated mass ...

Tim Lamont receives funding from the Royal Commission of 1851 and the Fisheries Society of the British Isles. Gita Alisa receives funding from Friends of Lancaster University in America and Sheba Hope ...

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ...

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...

Coral reefs appear to run a daily timetable for microscopic life in nearby waters. Scientists found that microbial populations above reefs rise and fall over the course of a single day, shaped by ...