A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire ...

This coral mortality is likely due to multiple stressors, including mass bleaching, the impact of two ... to safeguard the future of the Great Barrier Reef and meet global climate goals, especially in ...

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses.

Like humans, coral reefs rely on nutrients in the environment surrounding them. Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian researchers say, and they fear ...

For all of the mysteries that remain about coral reefs, though, experts agree that climate change is an undisputed threat.

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 ...

Severe Cold-Water Bleaching and Mortality of Deep-Water Reef Observed in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Oct. 11, 2024 — New study documents a severe coral bleaching event occurring in a deep coral ...

TOBAGO's coral reefs, including the world-famous Buccoo Reef, are in "crisis", as bleaching of the coral has reached "level five" - the highest level of concern. This according to the Institute of ...

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 ...

"These initial surveys from AIMS are our worst fears from this year's coral bleaching event being realised," said Richard Leck from WWF-Australia. Reefs further south around Innisfail appeared to ...

Following a global assessment, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has revealed that 44% of reef-building coral species ...