Sarah Kaplan and Bonnie Jo Mount traveled to four islands of the Seychelles and a geochemistry lab in Madison, Wis. to document how fossil corals are helping scientists predict future sea level rise.

Deep-sea coral fossils used by researchers to study carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean 20,000 to 10,000 years ago. The Southern Ocean played a critical role in the rapid atmospheric carbon ...

New research, published in the journal Nature, shows this partnership is so old that it predates the evolution of modern corals. Fossils found in northern Africa and Germany suggest that many of their ...

Clues to those mysteries and others may be sunk deep in our oceans, documented within fossil coral similar to how tree rings record changes in precipitation on land. Now, scientists will begin to ...

It’s home to 76% of all known coral species, as well as numerous endangered marine species. See All Key Ideas Fossil fuel projects are putting the Pacific Coral Triangle’s unique marine ...

"We know coral bleaching is accelerating as our oceans warm, driven by the world's continued reliance on fossil fuels," said President Surangel Whipps Jr. from the Pacific island country of Palau.

Join Museum palaeontologist Dr Ken Johnson to discover how Britain’s fossil record reveals surprising clues about the past and future of today’s coral reefs. Tropical corals once dotted the coast of ...