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Coral Reefs

Warming Ocean Leaves No Safe Havens for Coral Reefs

New research finds coral refugia, where reefs are protected from global warming by cool local currents, are disappearing faster than expected.

By Bob Berwyn

A diver checks the coral reefs of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. on May 9, 2019 in Moorea, French Polynesia. Major bleaching is occurring on the coral reefs of the islands in French Polynesia. The marine biologist teams from the Centre for Island Research and Environmental Observatory, specialists in coral ecosystems, are working on “resilient corals.” The teams identify, mark and perform genetic analysis of corals that are not impacted by thermal stress. They then produce coral cuttings which are grown in a “coral nursery” and compared to other colonies to study the resilience of the corals. (Photo by Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images).
A diver looks at reef of a major bleaching on the coral reefs of the Society Islands on May 9, 2019 in Moorea, French Polynesia. Credit: Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images

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

By Bob Berwyn

Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Latest Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef Underscores Global Coral Crisis

By Bob Berwyn

A turtle swims over bleached corals. Coral reefs are critical habitats for young fish and other sea life. Credit: NOAA

Climate Change Is Transforming the Great Barrier Reef, Likely Forever

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Coral bleaching in the Maldives. Credit: The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey

Coral Bleaching Subsiding After 3 Extreme Years, but Recovery Could Take Decades

By Bob Berwyn

A diver among the corals of Flower Garden Banks

The Coral Reefs You Never Heard of, in the Path of Trump's Drilling Plan

By Marianne Lavelle

Seaweed off the coast of Ireland

Key Link in Ocean Food Chain Endangered

By Katherine Bagley

coral reef off the Florida coast

Is It Too Late for the World's Oceans?

By Lisa Song, SolveClimate News

Thailand: Dive Sites Closed Due to Coral Bleaching

By David Wilson

Booming Cancún an Ecological Mistake

by John Vidal, Guardian

NOAA Warns: Caribbean's Coral Reefs In Danger This Year

By Stacy Morford

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