Coral reefs around the world are facing escalating threats from climate change, including widespread bleaching events.

Coral reefs are fragile ecosystems threatened by climate change and pollution caused by human activity. Photograph by Brian J. Skerry However, in the last 20 years around half of all coral reefs ...

A new study co-led by the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at UC Santa Cruz shows coral reef restoration in ...

With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes up reefs. Covered with long, venomous spikes, the crown-of-thorns ...

Arguably, the most prevalent and visible effects of this anthropogenic activity are manifest at the poles and the tropics. With regard to the tropics, observed anthropogenic impacts on coral reef ...

The Indonesian and United States governments completed the debt transfer process worth US$35 million on January 15 for coral ...

The scientific research project, published by the United States Geological Survey, claims corals could be the key to ...

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote ...

For decades, these reefs have been under threat from an unusual activity: The use of coral in the construction of septic tanks. Mongabay spoke with Abraham Botovao, a boat skipper and the ...

But artificial light generated by human activities exposes coral reef inhabitants to unexpected danger." Using purpose built underwater infrared night-vision cameras, the scientists could film the ...