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Global coral reefs get less time to recover as oceans heat up, report finds

The world’s coral reefs are losing both hard coral cover and, just as critically, the time they need to recover between increasingly frequent marine heat waves, according to the mo...

I.U.C.N. Red List Classifies Most Shallow Coral Reefs as Critically Endangered

If climate change continues apace, 96 percent of shallow coral reef ecosystems may collapse within 50 years, including in Australia’s Great Barrier reef.

Marine life on the brink? 96% of coral reefs could face collapse by 2075

The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently highlighted the alarming vulnerability of coral reefs, predicting that by 2075, nearly all shallow-water coral systems m...

Global coral reef coverage risks irreversible decline, new report warns

Coral reefs make up just 1 percent of ocean coverage, but host a quarter of all life in the sea.

Coral Reefs May Not Grow Fast Enough To Keep Pace With Rising Seas

Corals may be unable to keep up with rapidly rising sea levels, threatening marine wildlife and coastal communities

The underwater trees helping Florida restore its coral reefs

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Can “super coral” and cooling the sea, save reefs from climate change?

101 East investigates whether Palau may hold the key to saving the world’s coral reefs from climate-driven destruction.

Coral Reefs Are Running Out of Time to Recover, Research Find

Rising sea temperatures mean reefs don’t have enough time to bounce back between intense heat waves, a new report warns.

All tropical coral reefs could collapse within 50 years

Shallow-water coral reefs are at high risk of disappearing by 2075, the IUCN has warned at a UN biodiversity conference. The loss would decimate fisheries and speed up coastal eros...

A coral reef thought dead for 60 years is teeming with life

More than 60 years after surveys suggested a deep coral reef off Benin was probably dead, scientists have found it alive. Cameras revealed healthy-looking coral patches supporting...

Egypt’s Climate-Resilient ‘Super Corals’ Are Starting to Feel the Heat

Scientists can’t agree why reefs in the Red Sea have long been immune to bleaching. The answer could be the key to saving these tough corals as climate change begins taking its tol...

The world’s reefs are disappearing. Coral trafficking is booming

ArtReef Rocks was an up-and-coming online shop offering aquarium accessories that made waves during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering hobbyists custom reefs and sculpted landscapes f...

In 2015, Hawaii rescued fragments of a coral found only in Kaneohe Bay; after its wild colonies...

Marine biologists rescued rare Hawaiian coral fragments from Kaneohe Bay in 2015. These fragments were grown into mature colonies using a land-based nursery method. The grown cor...

Galway scientists bet on 3D-printed coral reefs to revitalise marine life

‘We cannot simply wait for them to recover on their own,’ says Ifremer expert Marie-Claire Fabri. Read more: Galway scientists bet on 3D-printed coral reefs to revitalise marine li...

New report shows the world's coral reefs are declining rapidly

There have been four global coral bleaching events recorded since 1998. This is the process in which stressed corals expel microscopic algae, turning completely white.

Almost every shallow-water coral reef on the planet faces ecosystem collapse by 2075, UN advisors say

Assessment finds global heating is endangering 96% of coral reefs across 80 countries – a figure scientists say should serve as a ‘wake-up call’Sign up for climate and environment...

The Coral That Heals

A bleached coral, stripped of its color and slowly starving, can come back to life in just seven weeks -- if it is placed in contact with a healthy twin. Researchers at Stanford Un...

Singapore’s plan to merge several islands could wipe out coral reefs

SINGAPORE — “For seven thousand years, Singapore has changed around these reefs,” says Debby Ng, a Singaporean biologist who studies the city-state’s shrinking coastlines of seagra...

Hawaii coral study finds reef sounds help larvae settle on coated structures

Coral reef development project in Al Batinah North

SUHAR: The Environment Authority, represented by the Environment Department in Al Batinah North Governorate, has implemented the first phase of the coral reef development project i...

Almost All Coral Reef Ecosystems Face Risk Of Collapse In 50 Years, Study Warns

The study found that 96% of shallow-water reef systems are already critically endangered and could disappear by 2075.

'Encouraging' results from bid to restore coral habitats using artificial reefs

A team from the University of Galway are part of an international group testing the feasibility of restoring deep-sea coral habitats damaged by bottom trawling.

Study offers 'wake-up call' as it finds almost all coral reef ecosystems face risk of collapse

The world’s coral reef ecosystems nearly all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years, according to a global assessment. "This must be a wake-up call rather than a cause f...

The World’s Reefs Are Disappearing. Coral Trafficking Is Booming

As coral reefs face mounting pressure from warming oceans, pollution, disease, and habitat loss, illegal and unsustainable coral trade is adding another threat to already vulnerabl...