Conservation status for warm-water reef-building corals was analysed for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s ...

So far the marine ecosystem has proven resilient to coral bleaching ... gleams against the blue Caribbean Sea. Healthy reefs support a food chain that links plankton to predators.

In the Caribbean some formerly abundant coral species have been devastated ... fish and enormous turtles that people visit reefs to see, but also sea squirts and shrimps, anemones and clams ...

Often referred to as “rainforests of the sea,” coral reefs are perhaps the greatest, most vibrant expressions of ocean life. Yet due to global warming, already-delicate coral reefs throughout the ...

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 ...

or laying of deep-sea cables, according to the IUCN. The finding is a sharp increase since 2008, the last time the ...

In 2023, the Caribbean recorded its worst coral bleaching mortality since 1987. By October, mass bleaching affected over 95% ...

Without reefs, billions of sea life species would suffer ... coral ecosystems within just a few months. Half of the US Caribbean coral died in one massive bleaching event back in 2005.

Divers can expect encounters with colorful reef fish, sea turtles and even the occasional reef ... gear up and wade into the warm Caribbean waters to explore vibrant coral formations, swim-throughs ...

Climate change, rising sea temperatures ... have suffered a reduction in coral cover and biodiversity. Coral reefs in the Caribbean have been hit hard by climate change, pollution, and overfishing.

Coral reefs, the ocean's most biodiverse ecosystems, face grave threats. Restoring them through nature-based solutions is ...

Heat stress also remains high in the Caribbean and South China Sea. In response to the bleaching record, scientists have called a special emergency session on coral reefs to be held at the ...