As ocean temperatures rise due to climate change, corals and other sensitive organisms survive where temperatures are less extreme. But a new study from researchers at Florida Tech, published this ...

(NEW YORK) — The Earth’s coral reefs, some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems in the world, are facing a number of serious threats. Beyond large-scale events like climate change, local ...

A survey published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications analyzed the wide-reaching extent of “Third Global Coral ...

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More than 40 countries are pledging to raise $12 billion to protect the world’s coral reefs from threats such as overfishing and human pollution. The new initiative, Coral Reef Breakthrough, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An organization called Coral Gardeners recently posted a series of photos to its Instagram page of a coral reef the group is ...

Microplastics have made their way into nearly every environment on Earth and have been detected inside thousands of animals around the world. Now, according to a paper in the journal Science of the ...

A Honduran coral reef withstood a century of pollution and disease. It could be used to restore dying Caribbean reefs—if scientists can figure out how it survived. Despite being exposed to decades of ...