Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history. That's according to the International Coral ...

Global coral reef bleaching event is largest on record, report says 03:59. Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its ...

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 ...

HOWARD: Seeing so much of this reef destroyed, we realized that Rusi's reef may be what all coral reefs look like in 30 years. RUSI: Our reef used to be home to so many creatures. But now, they're ...

Researchers are grappling with how to preserve Australia's Great Barrier Reef—and coral reefs around the world—from warming seas.

Coral reefs support fisheries, protect coastal communities, and sustain tourism worldwide. However, rising ocean temperatures and acidification from the climate crisis threaten these ecosystems.

The news is not uniformly bleak. A global study of coral reefs that seemed wildly ambitious when it launched in 2014 suggests that some coral reefs are showing impressive resilience. Some could even ...

Coral reefs worldwide are in major trouble. Their numbers have dwindled dramatically over time and today, they’re facing yet another mass bleaching event. But research has offered hope that ...

The world’s coral reefs are becoming a checkerboard where the history of recent bleaching and its recurrence are changing the condition of those reefs. A reef that’s lucky might not have ...

Every year, reefs provide about $2.7 trillion in goods and services, from tourism to coastal protection, according to a 2020 estimate by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network.

Here's what you need to know. How big is the newly discovered deep-sea coral reef? The reef stretches from Miami to Charleston, South Carolina, about 100 miles off the southeast U.S. coastline.