Coral Reefs

Sewage Is Threatening Coral Reefs Around the World, Even in Marine Protected Areas

A new study finds that more than 70 percent of these protected zones are exposed to high levels of wastewater pollutants, making corals and other marine life more vulnerable to climate change.

By Teresa Tomassoni

US Government Is Accelerating Coral Reef Collapse, Scientists Warn

By Johnny Sturgeon

Scientists Push for More Ambitious Climate Targets

By Bob Berwyn

Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year

By Johnny Sturgeon

Raw Sewage Sneaking Into West Hawaii’s Coastal Waters Threatens Coral Reefs and Public Health, Scientists Find

By Jaylan Sims

In the Philippines, a New Protected Seascape Safeguards ‘Super Reefs’

By Teresa Tomassoni

UN Ocean Conference Opens With a Call to Defend the Deep Sea

By Teresa Tomassoni

The Race to Engineer Coral Reef Solutions in the U.S. Virgin Islands

By Teresa Tomassoni

Some Hopeful News About the Future of the World’s Corals

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”

Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference

By Teresa Tomassoni

Biobanking Corals: One Woman’s Mission to Save Coral Genetics in Turks and Caicos to Rebuild Reefs of the Future

By Teresa Tomassoni

New Federal Report Details More of 2023’s Extreme Climate Conditions

By Bob Berwyn

NOAA Declares a Global Coral Bleaching Event in 2023

By Bob Berwyn

For Florida’s Ailing Corals, No Relief From the Heat

By Amy Green

In the Pacific, Some Coral Survived the Last El Nino, Thanks to Ocean Currents

By Lydia Larsen

The Red Sea Could be a Climate Refuge for Coral Reefs

By Bob Berwyn

Warming Ocean Leaves No Safe Havens for Coral Reefs

By Bob Berwyn

Big Reefs in Big Trouble: New Research Tracks a 50 Percent Decline in Living Coral Since the 1950s

By Bob Berwyn

Latest Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef Underscores Global Coral Crisis

By Bob Berwyn