As warmer waters and ocean acidification reduce coral formation, the seas will take up more carbon dioxide – an effect that ...

A new study published inThe American Naturalist sheds light on the peculiar phenomenon of “grazing halos”—ghostly, vegetation ...

In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. It's expected to rise even ...

The study analyzes the spatial distribution patterns of "grazing halos" surrounding coral reefs. Around the world, coral ...

The fate of coral reefs has been written with a degree of certainty rare in climate science: at 1.5 degrees Celsius of global ...

In turn, the coral turns white, or becomes bleached. This alarming phenomenon has been confirmed by recent aerial surveys, reported by the Guardian, revealing that over half of the reefs surveyed ...

NanoAvionics, a satellite company ... above the reef and the Coral Sea which lies off the northeast coast of Australia. The "immersive" view of Earth, captured with the assistance of a selfie ...

Coral Reef Awareness Week took place across the globe during the week of July 15 as an annual reminder of the importance of these underwater ecosystems. But seeing as how these structures are ...

Coral reefs inspired the crochet exhibition “Austrian Satellite Reef,” by Margaret and Christine Wertheim. It is on view at the Schlossmuseum Linz in Austria.Credit...David Payr for The New ...

The mass bleaching of coral ... reef areas — from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Indian oceans — have so far been subjected to bleaching-level heat stress, according to satellite ...

Almost three-quarters of the world's coral reefs are thought to be deteriorating as a consequence of environmental stress. Until now, it has been possible to evaluate reef health only by field ...

The massive coral is not a coral reef, structures that can be far larger but are comprised of many distinct coral colonies, they explained. "While Big Momma looked like a huge scoop of ice cream ...