This discovery isn't your typical coral reef with vibrant colors ... pulsing with life and color." This discovery is quite important to the people of Solomon Islands, as Fisheries Officer Ronnie ...

Bleached coral reefs usually appear as an endless stretch ... The corals he captures lit up fluorescently as their color left them slowly but surely. The crew captured the moment using their ...

Rising acidity reduces the rate at which reefs develop. Crucial to coral health are colorful algae called zooxanthellae. These algae live in coral polyps, providing coral with its bright color.

The culprit? Mass coral bleaching. As the name suggests, coral bleaching strips reefs of their color, leaving them completely white. It happens when unnaturally warm ocean water causes coral to ...

Marine scientists highlights the complex interplay between heat stress, disease onset and coral mortality. They found that 66 percent of the colonies were bleached by February 2024 and 80 per cent by ...

The scientific research project, published by the United States Geological Survey, claims corals could be the key to ...

In the summer of 2023, an unprecedented marine heat wave filled national headlines with apocalyptic projections for the ...

A new study co-led by the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at UC Santa Cruz shows coral reef restoration in ...