Coral reefs are known for their vibrant, rainbow-hued colors. They are vital to 25% of ocean life, even though they only make up less than 1% of the planet’s surface. They provide food and shelter for ...

In coral reefs throughout the world ... reefs with sharks and other predators have halos while others don't and why halos aren't bigger where overfishing has removed many top predators. A new study ...

A new bioengineered ink dramatically boosts coral larvae settlement. The oceans are getting hotter and coral reefs are ...

Their health is in jeopardy due to increased ocean acidification, rising temperatures, pollution runoff, and overfishing and other destructive fishing practices. The news is not uniformly bleak. A ...

Coral reefs in Honolulu and other coastal areas are undergoing what experts say is the world's worst coral bleaching event.

Between 2009 and 2018, the world lost 14% of its coral reefs, and 90% of those that remain are at risk from climate change, pollution, overfishing and anthropogenic threats. The 2024 U.N ...

Coral reefs are critical to ocean and human life because they provide food, living area, storm protection, tourism income, and more. However, human-induced stressors, such as overfishing, sediment, ...

Coral Reefs in Vietnam Face Collapse ... trigger algal blooms that block sunlight and choke corals. Intense overfishing killed off fishes that support reef health. By 2019, an outbreak of a ...

A new study led by shark ecologist and FIU alumna Naomi F. Farabaugh found the type of species and number of sharks and rays ...

The coral was sick. And this paste might ... The island has protected its reef from threats like overfishing for more than half a century, longer than pretty much any other region worldwide.