At 1.5C of global warming, up to 90% of coral reefs could be lost. The next few months could be a defining moment ...

Researchers have developed an autonomous system for seeking out and mapping hotspots of biodiversity on coral reefs with ...

Reef restoration is a slow process, with divers planting coral fragments one at a time by hand. But roboticists are now developing automated planters that could change the game ...

The ongoing loss of coral reefs in the northern South China Sea is the result of a complex interplay of global and local factors. An international long-term study, published in Nature Communications, ...

Healthy coral reefs can significantly reduce hurricane damage for coastlines, yet many still face harms, including pollution ...

Every time you go for a swim, some of your sunscreen gets left behind. An estimated 25 percent of applied sunscreen washes ...

The Earth has already experienced three mass coral bleaching events over the last few decades, with a fourth happening now.

For Nadeem Nazurally, snorkelling off the coast of Mauritius lately has become disheartening.  The coral reefs that once glowed in vivid greens, blues and pinks now stretch out below him, faded and ...

Introduction: Quaternary reefs in time and space -- Palaeobiogeography: evaluation of the inheritance from the Tertiary -- Structure, zonation and dynamic patterns of coral reef communities -- ...