A scuba diver until age 79, Georgette Apol Douwma photographed reefs around the world and then transformed her images into dazzling kaleidoscopic designs. Photographer Georgette Apol Douwma’s ...

Yet much about the landscape under the ice has been uncertain, because ground and air surveys are difficult in the region.

The breeze is a welcome relief as I stand atop a concrete bunker surveying miles of deep blue ocean and palm-tree-lined ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — Cliff Kapono, a professional surfer with a PhD in chemistry, is leveraging his dual expertise to address a critical gap in ocean conservation: the world's coral reefs remain largely ...

A professional surfer, who is also a scientist, is teaming up with a nonprofit to map coral reefs around the world. Judge Delivers Final Blow to Trump Case After his first day at daycare, golden ...

On a remote coral reef near Papua New Guinea, endless streams of bubbles rise from cracks in the seabed into the shallow water, fed by an underground volcanic system. For scientists, this natural ...

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BRISTOL, R.I. — The northern star coral is just like Rhode Island. “It’s small,” Roger Williams University marine biology professor Koty Sharp said on the Rhode Island Report podcast. And it’s “just ...

Elkhorn and staghorn coral are now functionally extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any significant role in their ecosystem. By Catrin Einhorn After a searing ocean ...

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ...