If this balance is disturbed — for example by the addition of nutrients in excess from an outside source — the ecosystem frequently declines. Over the long term, as coral reefs continue to ...

For example, in the mid-1980s, fishermen caught many parrot fish near Cook Island. The parrot fish are an integral part of the coral reef ecosystem because they eat the excess algae, which allows ...

January 21 - The world’s coral reefs are in the midst of ... approximately 5% of these critical ecosystems globally. In the Philippines, for example, GFCR has supported community-based ...

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals. From food security to controlling seaweed and even ...

One of Florida's biggest companies is helping to save one of its biggest ecological resources. Publix celebrated Coral Reef ...