A newstudy published in PLOS ONEwarns that Hawaiian coral reefs are facing a major ecological tipping point. Researchers from ...

As coral reefs struggle to adapt to warming waters, high levels of pollution and sea-level rise, ballooning sea-urchin ...

That’s deadly to corals, which are key to seafood production, tourism and protecting coastlines from erosion and storms. Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea” because ...

Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

The reefs are also threatened by climate change and water pollution, and their growth rates are not fast enough to counteract the erosion caused by the urchins. As coral reefs struggle to adapt to ...

tourism and protecting coastlines from erosion and storms. According to the International Coral Reef Initiative, this global bleaching event is the worst of its kind in recorded history.

That's deadly to corals, which are key to seafood production, tourism and protecting coastlines from erosion and storms. Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea” because they ...