Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Coral in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral ...

“You can’t grow back a 500-year old coral in 15 years,” says Eakin. “In many cases, it’s like you’ve killed the giant redwoods.” The death of coral also represents a huge loss—as ...

Scientists fight to help protect the Florida coral that's dying from heat Marine scientists say record ocean temperatures have sparked widespread coral bleaching in the Florida Keys. The extreme ...

America’s most iconic coral reef is dying. Only one thing will save it. An extreme heat wave has pushed Florida’s reef to the brink — and burned up years worth of progress.

Dying coral. Snorkeling the coral reefs off the Florida Keys in the 1960s and 1970s was like swimming through a kaleidoscope, with colorful algae living among roughly 30 coral species covering the ...

Not all coral reefs are dying. Indeed, some are teeming with life. In March, a team of marine biologists was diving off the coast of Cambodia when they witnessed something that filled them with awe.

Taryn Foster believes Australia’s dying coral reefs can still be rescued—if she can speed up efforts to save them. For years, biologists like her have been lending a hand to reefs struggling ...

Scientists have found that coral grows faster on reefs near islands populated by seabirds than those with fewer birds and more rats. It’s all in the poop, which has the right formula of ...

Coral reefs, crucial for marine biodiversity, are suffering immensely from climate change, ocean acidification, pollution, ...

Coral reefs are dying. What one Hawaii resort is doing to help. Kathleen Wong. ... In the worst-case scenario, scientists say coral reefs could be extinct in 30 to 50 years.

Climate change is decimating the worlds’ reefs. Transplanting healthy coral onto dying reefs may save them. Some transplanted corals seem to thrive while others fail, but researchers weren’t ...