Coral reefs are called the rainforests of the ocean ... a coral researcher said to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. 3. Florida's coral reef Florida has an extensive coral reef that spans ...

We know that noisy reefs are healthy, but carefully listening to the sounds made by fish, invertebrates and humans underwater ...

(AP) — 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 ...

A substance developed at UC San Diego improved coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times in experiments compared to untreated ...

GIS tools can even measure the buffering zones around different coral types in various stages of development to see how they interact with each other. For those whose lives are deeply entwined with ...

coral reefs are severely threatened by ocean warming caused by climate change. They are projected to decline by 70-90% at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming relative to ...

Areas in red, pink and purple indicate regions experiencing severe marine heat stress, with Alert Levels 3 to ... severe coral bleaching events on record (AFP via Getty Images) Coral reefs ...

Only 3 percent of the country’s coral reefs are protected, Alcala says, explaining, “We need 20 to 30 percent. It’s a question of empowering local communities.” And giving them the ...

Hope has been a scarce thing lately on coral reefs. As a result of human-made greenhouse gas emissions, they face chronically warmer water, more intense marine heat waves, and an increasingly ...

NHA TRANG, Vietnam — The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam’s Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The life-giving coral reefs below ... for different types of waste: glass bottles ...

77% of world's reef areas affected by bleaching-level heat stress Scientists to assess severity of event in coming months and years Emergency session on coral reefs ... at just 1.3 C (2.3 F ...