How a professional ship-sinker is about to turn a famous ocean liner into the world’s largest artificial reef The SS United ...

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

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

This 2011 astronaut photo shows the atolls of Rowley Shoals lined up in a near-perfect line off the coast of Australia. The ...

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.

The Trust will serve as a critical governance mechanism for financing coral reef insurance coverage for the Gili Islands (see project background below). Local government and communities will be ...

The researchers used the mission's topographic data in the Society Islands to create a map of every drainage basin along the coast of each island, to get an idea of where major rivers flow or once ...

Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed the “rainforests of the sea” because they support so much ocean life. They also play a vital role protecting coastlines from storm surges and erosion.

If weather conditions are favourable, Professor Williams' team also hope to map the shipwreck of HMAS Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet. On 19 March, 1790, the ship was wrecked on the coral ...

Reefs are usually pictured as underwater rainforests crammed with species, yet the planet’s first large animal‑built reefs tell a quieter story. New work on fossils from Nevada shows that early ...

"The Bahamas Coral Gene Bank at Atlantis Paradise Island is more than a facility—it is a symbol of hope, a safeguard for biodiversity, and a strategic investment in long-term reef resilience.

The Oculina Bank, named after the slow-growing ivory tree coral Oculina varicosa, is a narrow strip of coral reef that runs from Flagler Beach to Fort Pierce. The reef is thousands of years old ...