Ningaloo and some remote northern reefs had largely escaped the worst effects of coral bleaching – but now a severe marine heatwave is taking its toll.

Ningaloo and some remote northern reefs had largely escaped the worst effects of coral bleaching – but now a severe marine ...

Climate change has already caused significant declines in coral reef coverage globally and is expected to do much further ...

Because they are the cradle of life and a climate shield. Because when the ocean thrives, so do we – and right now, they're ...

Coral bleaching threatens a third of the planet's reef ecosystems, but can these creatures adapt? Take a voyage deep into the Atlantic Ocean, as the Nekton Mission searches for an answer.

Water temperatures have surged above 85 degrees in the Mediterranean Sea, where records have been broken every day for weeks.

The treaty is seen as a hopeful model for climate mobility, but is the result of “a deeply saddening” reality for Tuvalu. View on euronews ...

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

Bleached coral is visible during a scuba dive at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico ...

More information: Vincent Raoult et al, Coral bleaching and mass mortality at Lizard Island revealed by drone imagery, Coral Reefs (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s00338-025-02695-w ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

With the backing of the US government, a Canadian company is poised to sidestep UN laws and start vacuuming what it deems battery-grade metals from international waters.