The Earth has entered a new climate reality: warm-water coral reefs are now widely recognized as the first environment on the planet to have passed a climate tipping point. The Global Tipping Points ...

GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- WEAR News got an inside look at a federal coral reef research lab in Northwest Florida.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic ...

A multi-scale survey at One Tree Island on the Great Barrier Reef shows that lagoon-wide spatial and nutrient gradients, not local microhabitat conditions, are the dominant drivers structuring ...

Coral reefs are under threat right now due to abnormally warm ocean temperatures. Scientists are studying the healthiest reefs in the world in search of ways to help all reefs with climate change.

The study underscores the crucial role of microbes in maintaining coral reef health, akin to the human gut microbiome. Hurricanes and disease outbreaks affect coral reef water microbial communities, ...

Muscat: The Environment Authority continues to strengthen efforts to protect marine ecosystems and biodiversity through ongoing coral reef cultivation projects aimed at rehabilitating damaged reefs, ...

Grey reef sharks are having to abandon the coral reefs they call home in the face of warming oceans, new research finds. Scientists, using a combination of satellite remote sensing and a network of ...

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 ...

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

The human gut is full of microbes. Some microbes can make people sick, while others are responsible for balancing gut health. But humans aren't the only species whose health depends on these ...