Mote Marine Laboratory scientists have restored more than 216,000 corals to Florida’s Coral Reef—an exciting milestone. Starting in 2020, several of our restored corals spawned, engaging in sexual ...

Coral reefs, vital for a billion people globally, face massive loss and potential collapse within decades due to rising ocean temperatures and acidification, even if emissions reduction targets ...

Coral reefs are vital to marine ecosystems and the overall wellness of our planet. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, more than half a billion people depend on reefs for ...

Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared cameras. Artificial light can ...

In the quiet stillness of the ocean, when the sun dips below the horizon, marine creatures on coral reefs experience a significant shift. As daytime creatures retreat into the safety of corals, ...

Their findings have been published in the journal Coral Reefs. Four monitoring sites in Shigeo Reef near Motobu Peninsula in Okinawa, Japan, were surveyed. Two sites were approximately 35–45 m ...

Did you know there is a smallest country in the world that can be easily walked across in a few minutes? It’s even smaller ...

A healthy Acropora coral reef in Palau, western Pacific Ocean. Credit: Liam Lachs Without swift and substantial cuts to global greenhouse gas emissions, coral adaptation to rising ocean temperatures ...

The latest instalment of the Mesoamerican Reef Report Card, a periodic health assessment, finds that in 2024, the worst coral bleaching event on record reduced the reef’s coral cover.

I n a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have revealed that the world’s coral reefs cover an area 25% larger than earlier estimates suggested. Utilizing a blend of high-resolution satellite ...

New Delhi’s vast area of 1,484 square kilometers surpasses the total land area of several sovereign nations. These include ...

Depending on the location, fish numbers dropped by 33% to 72%, with the variety of species shrinking by as much as 75%. These reefs are getting hit from all sides — cyclones, coral bleaching, floods, ...