With coral reefs and sinkholes, shipwrecks and submerged hotels, the sea is brimming with scenery that even landlubbers will ...

As he concludes a 34-year career as a high school English teacher, contributing Columnist Barth Keck shares his thoughts on artificial intelligence in his final commencement address.

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. Despite being exposed to ...

Nearly 40 million square kilometres of ocean experienced marine heatwaves in the western Pacific region in 2024, ...

Unprecedented heat waves in the Southwest Pacific affected more than 10 per cent of the global ocean surface in 2024, ...

With coral reefs in crisis due to climate change, scientists have engineered a bio-ink that could help promote coral larvae settlement and restore these underwater ecosystems before it's too late.

Credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego. Coral larvae are picky about where they attach and settle down. One of the ways they decide is by “smelling” chemicals in the water that are associated with healthy ...

Coral reefs are known for their vibrant, rainbow-hued colors. They are vital to 25% of ocean life, even though they only make up less than 1% of the planet’s surface. They provide food and shelter for ...

In coral reefs throughout the world, visually striking bands of bare sand surrounding reefs are often visible in satellite imagery but their cause remains a mystery. One theory is fear.

A display of beautiful coral. Image by Toby Hudson - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11137678, via Wikimedia Commons. Welcome ...

84% of the World's Coral Reefs Hit by Worst Bleaching Event on Record Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in ...

Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea” because they support high levels of biodiversity — approximately 25% of all marine species can be found in, on and around coral reefs.