Increased ocean acidification is harmful to marine life, leading to issues such as weakening the shells and skeletons of ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

NHC monitors potential tropical storm Dexter. Heavy rains threaten parts of Florida & Gulf coast this week. 40% chance of ...

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered sufficient light and warmth for corals to evolve over hundreds of millions ...

Plunge into the shallows off the Florida Keys, Hawaiʻi or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and you are likely to meet a ...

A tropical wave near Florida has a 40% chance to develop into Dexter. Stay informed for updates on potential flooding and ...

There are fish in every shade imaginable, gliding gelatinous jellyfish, mesmerising plants, and colourful coral, and even more exciting is that over 80% of it has not been seen or discovered by humans ...

"It was previously suggested that tropical coral species might be able to find 'refuge' in subtropical and temperate seas by expanding poleward and establishing new, higher latitude coral reefs.

Major ocean currents can carry baby corals to temperate seas. If new coral reefs form there as the waters warm, these areas might act as refuges for tropical corals, reducing the corals’ risk of ...

CSU has slightly reduced their forecast due to strong Caribbean wind shear. What preparations have you made so far? Remember, ...

When Victoria Glynn came to Panama to study the effects of extreme ocean temperatures on coral reefs at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) as a pre-doctoral fellow in professor ...

By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...