Coral reefs are under threat right now due to abnormally warm ocean temperatures. Scientists are studying the healthiest ...

The Aircraft Center for Earth Studies is combining aerial mapping, underwater photography and artificial intelligence to help ...

Understanding long-term coral reef dynamics provides essential context for assessing climate change impacts. Using uranium-thorium dating of dead coral in the Great Barrier Reef’s Mackay region, we ...

Coral reefs generally thrive under high light conditions. As light decreases with depth, corals may adapt their morphology to optimise light capture. However, these same changes in morphology (e.g., ...

Engineers at MIT have designed an innovative robot inspired by hawksbill sea turtles, aptly named Crush, to assist in coral ...

The world’s coral reefs are losing both hard coral cover and, just as critically, the time they need to recover between ...

October 6, 2023—More than half of the world’s coral reef fisheries do not meet one of two key sustainability benchmarks, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The ...

Grants will support coral reef restoration and innovation for improved reef management Fourspot butterflyfish, Hawaii. Fourspot butterflyfish, Hawaii. | Copyright © David Fleetham, courtesy of NFWF ...

Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic Coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral were present off ...

Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great lengths to protect and restore them? Of course, it's partly because of ...

The Nature Conservancy made history by becoming the first organization in the U.S. to insure Hawaii’s coral reefs, creating a ...