Get your dive kit and join Steve underwater to see how scientists are working every day to protect and restore colourful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coral reefs perform many important functions, such as buffering coastlines and providing habitat for one-fourth of all marine ...

National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI) has been designated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the Atlantic Reef Research Coordination Institute.

Collection of water for analyzing reef water microorganisms is routinely done in St. John, USVI, using a Niskin bottle, which can be closed underwater at the sampling location. Woods Hole, MA (May 16, ...

Urgent coral reef conservation efforts aim to prevent ecosystem collapse ...

At 1.5C of global warming, up to 90% of coral reefs could be lost. The next few months could be a defining moment ...

The University of Hawaiʻi has been tapped by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to serve as the Pacific Reef ...

An increasingly common way to keep tabs on coral reef health is by measuring microorganisms in the local seawater. Microbial-based coral reef monitoring is excellent at detecting nutrient and health ...

Lord Howe Island lies in the middle of the ocean, about 700 kilometres northeast of Sydney. It’s covered in lush forest and ...

A researcher in the Philippines is using an automated data tool to calculate the resilience of coral reefs in a biodiversity hot-spot in Asia's Coral Triangle. The Tawi-Tawi islands, in the far south ...

Climate change is severely impacting coral reefs globally, including Florida's reef, which is vital to the state's economy and provides significant flood protection. Florida's coral reef has ...

From luxury eco-resorts to local tour operators, parts of the travel industry are integrating conservation into their operations, protecting coral reefs, sea turtles, and marine habitats. While some ...