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

A global coral bleaching event has been unfolding since 2023, spreading to 84% of the world's reefs, across the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans.

Dead elk horn coral in Elbow Reef near Key Largo, Florida. A marine heat wave over the summer is threatening the health of the living invertebrates that serve crucial roles in oceanic ecosystems.

Runoff from land also hurts coral reefs, both through sediment and through nutrient pollution. Florida has a very active artificial reef program, with more than 4,000 reefs deployed since the 1940s.

Stressors include hot water temperatures which can trigger coral bleaching. Runoff from land also hurts coral reefs, both through sediment and through nutrient pollution.

Remotely sensing coral bleaching in the Al-Fahal reef (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) and mapping its severity levels. Credit: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2025). DOI: 10.1002/rse2.70000 ...

Previous events in 1998, 2010, and 2014-17 saw 21%, 37% and 68% of reefs subjected to bleaching-level heat stress respectively.

The world's fourth mass bleaching event, which scientists declared one year ago, has shown few signs of slowing down, according to the International Coral Reef Initiative and data from the U.S ...

Lizard Island was smashed by major bleaching last year that killed 97 per cent of coral on this reef. But this area also exemplifies the reef’s regenerative vigour.

A prolonged global episode of heat-related bleaching impacted almost 80 percent of the world's coral reefs between 2023 and 2024, a leading US science agency found in October. Warming seas ...

Scientists in Australia have observed unprecedented coral bleaching across the world's largest reef system. In a new study, they track the rapid rate at which coral colonies in the Southern Great ...

The rescue center's goal is to save coral from the Florida reef track and help them reproduce. Coral is a living organism that's critical to our ocean's health.