Coral larvae reduce their metabolism and increase nitrogen uptake to resist bleaching in high temperatures, according to a new study.

Coral reefs across the globe once again endure mass bleaching amid warming oceans, scientists say Coral reef bleaching across happens when stressed coral expel the algae that are their food source ...

The Australian Institute of Marine Science said surveys of 12 reefs found up to 72 percent coral mortality, thanks to a summer of mass bleaching, two cyclones, and flooding. In one northern ...

The UNCDF warned that this fourth mass bleaching event is a serious threat to ecosystems that support 25 percent of marine life and nearly a billion people worldwide. Sudden increases in water ...

Rising ocean temperatures have spurred mass bleaching events at coral reefs across the world, threatening crucial ecosystems for marine life as well as the livelihoods of people who rely on them.

“In 2024, climate change and other human impacts triggered the fourth mass coral reef bleaching event, the most extensive and devastating on record,” said Peter Thomson, the U.N. Secretary ...

Bleaching occurs when corals, stressed by warmer waters, expel the algae (zooxanthellae) they depend on for energy, turning white and fragile. To address this crisis, Costa Rica Coral Restoration has ...

Scientists attributed the widespread decline to an extensive mass coral bleaching event, two cyclones and flooding that affected the reef between December 2023 and March 2024. Coral bleaching is a ...