New research reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida's Coral Reef. Scientists have documented ...

The dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs means the planet has now reached its first tipping point from human-caused ...

Florida's reefs are on the front line of the crisis ... Andrew Baker (center) and his team at the University of Miami breed different types of coral in large tanks, searching for ones that can ...

Aerial image of coral reef and coastline in the South Kona, Hawaiʻi region. Credit: ASU Global Airborne Observatory When imagining corals, the picture that comes to mind is usually a stationary one: ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. When people hear about underwater reefs, they usually picture colorful gardens created ...

MIAMI-- Florida's coral reefs hit a critical point this summer as record ocean heat led to widespread coral bleaching and were blamed for destroying coral that had been part of a seven-year ...

This is a challenging time for coral reefs. Although they cover less than 0.1% of the ocean floor, coral reefs support 25% of all marine creatures. Collectively, they form one of the planet’s ...

Most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode due to climate change, warns new research. And almost all will do so if global warming hits 2°C, say scientists. An international ...

As two species of coral are killed off by the 2023 heatwave in the Florida reefs, the abilities of different plankton species to cope with rising CO2 remain crucially unknown. Also, retrospective ...