While studying a remote, coral-covered island in the Mediterranean, scientists were shocked to discover that it has become riddled with some of the highest levels of microplastic pollution ever ...

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

UNEP and small island states are working together to restore nature and boost climate resilience for a safer, sustainable ...

Researchers studying a coral disease that has devastated reefs across the Caribbean say they’ve come up with a promising ...

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

Overfishing around the main Hawaiian Islands is destroying specific fish populations and messing with biodiversity in established, already-suffering reefs.

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

"Even protected areas are severely affected." Scientists stunned after finding remote island blanketed in dangerous material: ...

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 ...

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.

Photo of Prof. Oren Levy courtesy Bar-Ilan University “Over the last few years, I’ve been working with my group on how light pollution can interfere with marine organisms, especially coral and other ...

An alliance of nations said on Tuesday members would raise $12 billion to protect coral reefs from threats such as pollution and overfishing, but experts warned the funding would only be a drop in ...