In April 2019, a marine heat wave struck a coral reef on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, killing much of the coral and the beneficial algae that colonized it. This "bleaching" event reduced ...
Aerial surveys conducted across the Great Barrier Reef during the 2024 Southern Hemisphere summer documented the most ...
This past spring, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the world was undergoing a "global coral-bleaching event" due to the record-setting warmth of our oceans—the fourth ...
At least 35 percent of corals in parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are dead or dying from mass bleaching caused by global warming, scientists said Monday. The assessment was made following ...
Hotter oceans are putting coral reefs in peril worldwide. Scientists are warning that to save them, heat-trapping emissions must fall, and reefs... Fearing Their Kids Will Inherit Dead Coral Reefs, ...
In the northern and central regions of the Great Barrier Reef, scientists were stunned to discover the incredible damage the corals had suffered while doing a survey of the reef from Cairns to Cape ...
Amanda Hi-c works in Indonesia restoring coral reefs and educating millions on marine conservation through social media ...
"It's scary. It's extreme. I think we're on track to be hotter than 2023." ...
Outside Magazine published a somewhat tongue-in-cheek obituary for the Great Barrier Reef earlier this week, citing its lifespan from 25 million BC-2016. The article detailed the life of the reef, its ...
Dead branches of Pocillopora coral on the outer reef of Moorea were killed by bleaching in 2019. The dead branches are coated in algae and the broken ends expose the hollow interior that is described ...