The fate of coral reefs has been written with a degree of certainty rare in climate science: at 1.5 degrees Celsius of global ...

World Reef Awareness Day 2025 highlights the coral reef crisis and the urgent need for global conservation action.

Teeming with life, coral reefs occupy less than one ... Gorgonian sea fanTo reveal bright colors that would otherwise look monochromatic underwater, Douwma used flashes with her subjects—this ...

This is the harsh reality for many coral reefs around the globe, but an inspiring movement is turning the tide: coral farms and underwater nurseries are stepping in as lifelines, reviving reefs ...

Coral reefs are dying worldwide due to the warming waters of climate change, but one chain of coral in the Pacific Ocean is experiencing a bounce back. Researchers discovered that underwater ...

Illuminated only by a full moon, underwater photographer Michaela ... with the process when swimming through the reef. Shining bright light on coral can prevent a spawning event from happening ...

Storm surges and coral bleaching do something similar underwater ... see lots of bright white coral skeletons is very jarring," he said, but he took solace that the island's reefs have proven ...

We know that noisy reefs are healthy, but carefully listening to the sounds made by fish, invertebrates and humans underwater can help us understand the details better, such as changing diversity, ...

New research shows artificial light can upend underwater communities around coral reefs just like ... exposing normally dark reefs in French Polynesia to bright lights and watching how the ...

Several meters underwater off the ... signs of SCTLD everywhere. Reefs get their signature bright coloring from a symbiotic algae that lives inside the live coral tissue. The sickened colonies ...

Enter deep learning, a frontier technology that, when coupled with underwater imaging, offers a non-invasive solution poised to transform our approach to coral reef management and understanding.

Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared cameras. Artificial light can ...