The arrival of a potentially powerful El Niño weather system this year could devastate coral reefs around the world already weakened by back-to-back rounds of bleaching, scientists warn.

In a devastated section of the Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, a conservation group is trying to build an artificial reef. Robin Philippo, the managing director of the Tropical Research and ...

A collaborative research team has revealed the long-overlooked carbon storage potential of coral reef ecosystems and how reef ...

Coral reefs may be more connected than scientists thought, with coral larvae drifting vast distances to spread genetic ...

Coral reefs are bleaching, dying and becoming sick. Here’s how it's happening and what scientists are doing about it.

Scientists say coral reefs may be getting sick from more than ocean heat, with nutrient imbalance now linked to deadly ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...

For decades, coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been suffering from disease, pollution, overfishing and rising sea temperatures, yet most have continued to grow – until now. In 2023 and 2024, ...

A new project in the Caribbean is setting out to save coral reefs – and the world. The Ocean-Shot Project, spearheaded by climate scientist Dr. Deborah Brosnan, launched in 2021 to develop a "massive, ...

“Every global coral bleaching event has been during an El Nino year,” said Clint Oakley, a coral scientist at Victoria ...