Record-breaking ocean heat triggers massive coral reef bleaching Scientists issued a warning due to record-breaking temperatures in 2023 which accelerated the speed of the second-largest mass ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they've been studied, you'd think we've ...

Bleaching has been observed on the Great Barrier Reef since 1982, with severe bleaching events occurring in the summers of 1998, 2002 and 2006. Major bleaching events in Southern Hemisphere reefs ...

This rate of warming is close to that of the global mean sea surface temperature. The year with the highest average sea surface temperature on record was 2022, which was associated with a strong ...

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

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

Jul 7, 2025 Updated 15 mins ago 0 Bleached coral is visible Sept. 16, 2023, at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine ...

Opinion: Hope floats: Scientists studying ocean-based solutions to climate change Florida’s Coral Reef suffered severe bleaching as ocean water temperatures exceeded 87°F in 2023.

The April 2025 trilateral agreement between India, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates to develop Trincomalee's energy hub represents a strategic counterweight to China's expanding Indian Ocean ...

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.

End of an era By the end of the 18th century, as Europeans began colonizing throughout the Indian Ocean region, the area became difficult for pirates to operate in, but they never truly disappeared.

The number of owners who are underwater is small but growing, and they have recently been concentrated in pandemic boomtowns such as Austin, Texas, and Cape Coral, Fla.