Sep. 9, 2024 — A new theory explains how juvenile crown-of-thorns sea stars (commonly known as starfish) can destabilize coral reefs. The 'degraded reef framework' explains how the loss of live ...

Mote Marine Laboratory scientists have restored more than 216,000 corals to Florida’s Coral Reef—an exciting milestone. Starting in 2020, several of our restored corals spawned, engaging in sexual ...

That’s never happened before.” Coral reefs are home to roughly a quarter of all marine life, and they provide a natural barrier against storms. But they’re sensitive to temperature ...

Massive, offshore rigs the size of skyscrapers remain at sea around the world. Here's why these environmentalists say some ...

Image of Horseshoe Reef acquired on August 8, 2023. After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer 2024 was more favorable for the state’s vulnerable ...

The Bahamas is a coral reef hotspot and annually reefs contribute an estimated $671 million in tourism and $23.5 million to fisheries to the economy, and provide coastal protection. Gimel Morley ...

A study by the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) is employing new methods in coral reef research. Under the leadership of fish ecologist Dr. Julian Lilkendey, an international ...

A $35 million debt-for-nature swap between Indonesia and the U.S. aims to conserve coral reefs in eastern Indonesia over the next nine years, with the funding offset by canceled sovereign debt ...

Coral reefs face unprecedented threats from climate change. As of August 20, 2024, 75.0% of coral reefs worldwide have been impacted by bleaching-level heat stress since January 1, 2023.

has been ravaging coral in reefs across the Caribbean. The disease — which is likely caused by a bacterium or virus — targets a number of hard, reef-forming coral species. It essentially ...