Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of Earth's oceans, caused by the oceans' absorption of atmospheric ...

By 2100, Australian and global coral reef communities will be slow to recover, less complex, and dominated by fleshy algae, ...

Rising ocean acidity weakens corals, boosts algae and makes reefs flatter. Even small chemical changes reshape reef life.

LONDON (Reuters) - The world is on the verge of a fourth mass coral bleaching event which could see wide swathes of tropical reefs die, including parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the U.S.

The existence of coral reefs, in all their abundant biodiversity and beauty, relies largely on a complex symbiosis between reef-building corals and microalgae. This finely tuned, fragile, partnership ...

Deep in the ocean off the coast of Tahiti, scientists made an incredible discovery in November: acres of giant, pristine, rose-shaped corals blossoming from the sea floor in what’s known as the ...

Coral Reef Area: 344,400 sq km Australia hosts the largest coral reef system in the world. The Great Barrier Reef spans ...

Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive 2023’s extraordinary marine heat wave. They ...

Woods Hole, MA (September 7, 2021) — Some coral communities are becoming more heat tolerant as ocean temperatures rise, offering hope for corals in a changing climate. After a series of marine ...

The broken stem of a Japanese-owned ship which ran aground causing a devastating oil spill in pristine waters off Mauritius, has been successfully sunk in the open ocean, the national crisis committee ...

Scientists have long suspected that ocean acidification is affecting corals' ability to build their skeletons, but it has been challenging to isolate its effect from that of simultaneous warming ocean ...

Some coral communities are becoming more heat tolerant as ocean temperatures rise, offering hope for corals in a changing climate. Some coral communities are becoming more heat tolerant as ocean ...