After just one generation of breeding, scientists say they have been able to double the heat tolerance of Ningaloo Reef coral using re-engineering techniques first developed at the Great Barrier Reef.

The iconic Ningaloo Reef is in trouble after a a vast underwater heatwave caused a devastating bleaching event. The reef, ghostly white instead of its usual vibrant rainbow of colors, was filmed ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Alarming levels of coral bleaching have been recorded off Australia's western coast, scientists said on Wednesday, turning huge chunks of a celebrated reef system a sickly ...

The ultimate goal must be to cut greenhouse gas emissions to remove the main source of super-charged marine heatwaves here ...

TRANSCRIPT Australia's coral reefs are in trouble. This past summer, the Great Barrier Reef experienced a widespread coral bleaching event for the sixth time since 2016.

Warming oceans, together with an increase in the frequency, intensity and duration of marine heatwaves, pose a significant threat to the long-term health and resilience of coral reef ecosystems. Mass ...

New research has revealed alarming coral mortality rates of 92% after last year's bleaching event at Lizard Island on ...

Creating a way for tourists and casual oceangoers to flag diseased coral is underway as white syndrome threatens reefs around ...

NOAA recently reported that the largest coral bleaching event on record is impacting 84% of the world’s reefs, including the ...

A bleached staghorn coral. On Sept. 29, Guam’s waters entered bleaching alert level 2, the highest possible alert for the region, which indicates that significant bleaching and mortality is ...

Though thousands of miles from Rarotonga, Brown conducts similar thermal resistance experiments on local eelgrass. She’s been ...

Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the fourth global mass bleaching event—can climate refuges help? by Noam Vogt-Vincent, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin ...