A diver never forgets the first time they encounter a shipwreck. Here, one diver recalls her first up-close experience.

have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (A. palmata) corals, which play a ... Red Coral Colonies Survive a Decade After ...

Coral bleaching happens when corals lose their vibrant colors and turn white. But there’s a lot more to it than that. Coral are bright and colorful because of microscopic algae called zooxanthellae.

corals starve to death very slowly. "It ... takes months usually," she said. "They're kind of hanging on. Part of it is alive, it's partly dead." And even if the coral dies, other reef organisms ...

Today, Williams is one of the world’s experts on octocorals, deep-sea corals, and coral reefs, having discovered more than 100 species ... which was really startling and beautiful. It turned out there ...

However, expeditions supported by UNESCO, the Labex Corail and the UPF in partnership with the CRIOBE and SECOPOL laboratories, and 1 OCEAN, have shown that dozens of coral species are thriving in ...

That's deadly to corals, which are key to seafood production, tourism and protecting coastlines from erosion and storms. Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea” because they support ...

Coral reefs are some of the oldest, most diverse ecosystems on Earth, and among the most valuable. They nurture 25% of all ocean life, protect coasts from storms and add billions of dollars yearly ...

They are also economic powerhouses, offering tremendous value to fisheries and tourism. Coral bleaching occurs when corals, stressed by changes in conditions such as temperature, light, or nutrients, ...

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 recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative ...

That's deadly to corals, which are key to seafood production, tourism and protecting coastlines from erosion and storms. Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea” because they ...