The researchers determined that coral reef plastic pollution largely stems from fishing activities, and is associated with proximity to marine protected areas.

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

New Evidence Points To Pollution As Main Cause Of Much Coral Reef Destruction. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 16, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2004 / 02 / 040210075445.htm.

Chemicals commonly found in sunscreen cause permanent DNA damage to coral. The Earth's coral reefs, some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems in the world, are facing a number of serious ...

Plastic pollution on coral reefs increases with depth and mostly comes from fishing activities Date: July 12, 2023 Source: California Academy of Sciences ...

"Noises from shipping, machinery and construction, for example, are pervasive." Researchers make concerning discovery about ...

In a paper published today in Nature, researchers reveal the extent of plastic pollution on coral reefs, finding that debris increases with depth, largely stems from fishing activities, and is ...

These new results lay bare the threat such pollution causes to already beleaguered coral reef ecosystems, potentially tipping them from net growth into decline. Silbiger and colleagues from the ...

Why 3D printing coral reefs won’t save our oceans. Since the 1980s, tropical marine habitats have suffered large-scale destruction as a consequence overfishing, pollution and climate change ...

The agricultural runoff of fertilisers and pesticides, which together with soil erosion and sediment, end up in waterways cause nutrient pollution and lead to harmful algal blooms that deplete ...