"Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing problems plaguing ocean ecosystems, and coral reefs are no exception," said lead author Hudson Pinheiro, a marine biologist at the University of São ...

In general, they found pollution on reefs increases with depth and proximity to densely populated cities, local markets, and, counterintuitively, marine protected areas.

While studying a remote, coral-covered island in the Mediterranean, scientists were shocked to discover that it has become ...

The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures ...

Overfishing and nutrient pollution interact with temperature to disrupt coral reefs down to microbial scales. Nature Communications , 2016; 7: 11833 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11833 Cite This Page : ...

For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

Researchers at the University of Miami are hoping that hybrid corals, created by breeding local corals with those that thrive ...

The ocean may be nature’s single greatest gift to humanity. It provides about half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, supports countless jobs in every corner of the globe, and absorbs ...

Even as President Trump calls for slashing the funding of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, reefs are dying just a ...

A Honduran coral reef withstood a century of pollution and disease. It could be used to restore dying Caribbean reefs—if scientists can figure out how it survived.

Tracking coral reef pollution in Puerto Rico, conservation researchers discovered by chance how the coastal ocean fueled Hurricane Maria.

Coral reefs around the world are dying and scientists are looking at a variety of ways to save these endangered structures, including growing them in labs and trying to make them pollution-resistant.