Coral reef communities are fighting against the fourth global bleaching event. This phenomenon could become the most devastating one yet. Coral reefs are underwater communities formed by colonies of ...

As co-founder of Mega Lab, Kapono is spearheading a global initiative to map 1 million coral reefs by 2030 and establish a ...

Rising ocean acidity weakens corals, boosts algae and makes reefs flatter. Even small chemical changes reshape reef life.

By 2100, Australian and global coral reef communities will be slow to recover, less complex, and dominated by fleshy algae, as high carbon dioxide changes ocean chemistry.

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 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Simulated moonlight. Perfect temperatures. A hum of bubbling saltwater. A team of marine biologists had done everything they could to set the stage for something akin to a romantic ...

The planet has passed a critical climate threshold: warm-water coral reefs can no longer survive under current global temperatures. According to the 2025 Global Tipping Points Report, mass coral ...

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Coral Reef Area: 344,400 sq km Australia hosts the largest coral reef system in the world. The Great Barrier Reef spans ...

An international research team led by Dr. Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and ...

In the early 1950s, Marie Tharp began connecting dots to map the ocean floor, using sonar technology. Sonar detects underwater objects by timing the echo of a soundwave and was originally developed to ...