Coral reefs, the "rainforests of the sea," provide habitats for 25% of all marine life. Critical to global biodiversity, they are essential for food supply, culture and recreation and coastal ...

A new AI-based system allows coral reefs to be 3D-mapped faster and easier than ever before. It could prove integral to saving threatened reefs, by letting scientists study them both onsite and at ...

Using an innovative new approach to sampling corals, researchers are now able to create maps of coral biochemistry that reveal with unprecedented detail the distribution of compounds that are integral ...

The world’s corals have reached a grim milestone, with scientists across the world confirming the fourth global bleaching event on record. In April 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Few would connect the bleaching of coral reefs to the spread of a deadly virus. Yet, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa back in 2013, which killed more than 11,000 people, can be traced back, in part, ...

Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate change, poor water quality, and overfishing. New research reveals that ...