Scientists say they've discovered a "mega coral" three times bigger than the previous record holder - so huge they initially ...

Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction -- and climate change is the chief culprit, a ...

The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres – making it larger than a blue whale – and it is thought to be three centuries ...

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

Severe Cold-Water Bleaching and Mortality of Deep-Water Reef Observed in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Oct. 11, 2024 — New study documents a severe coral bleaching event occurring in a deep coral ...

Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major ...

As Hurricane Rafael passed the Florida Keys last week, its thermal benefit to coral reefs was being tracked in real time.

In the tropical waters off the coast of Indonesia ... In time, it helps to create one of nature’s most spectacular ecosystems: a coral reef. Orange, blue, and sparkling-silver fish dart around ...

The analogy is often drawn to tropical rainforests, which are also extremely diverse and exist in nutrient poor conditions. The key to the existence of coral reefs rests in the rapid recycling of ...

Bleaching of the coral in the Great Barrier Reef, north-east Australia which is caused by global warming The Great Barrier Reef became a recognised area of ecological importance when it was ...

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

Both temperature and salinity affect calcification, restricting tropical coral reefs to waters between 23–29°C and in a salinity range of 32–40‰ (Figure 5). The reliance of hermatypic (e.g ...