Coral reefs didn’t merely mirror global change, but helped regulate how fast the climate bounced back from massive surges of atmospheric CO2.

The living architectures of corals harbor rich biodiversity, but they may also have played, over geological time, a central ...

Over the past 250 million years, periods when coral reef growth has peaked have coincided with big rises in sea temperatures ...

Australia pioneered assisted coral fertilization. It’s expanding in the Caribbean, with leading projects at the National ...

Tropical rainforests and coral reefs are both highly complex ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity. Coral reefs are often described as underwater rainforests. -- Maui Ocean Center photo Tropical ...

Lakshadweep is often hailed as India's Coral Island. Learn about its unique formation as an archipelago of true coral atolls, ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

Tim Lamont receives funding from the Royal Commission of 1851 and the Fisheries Society of the British Isles. Gita Alisa receives funding from Friends of Lancaster University in America and Sheba Hope ...

Coral reefs, once thriving underwater cities teeming with life, now face an unprecedented crisis. Scientists have declared that coral reefs have become the first major environmental system on Earth to ...

This is especially worrying because these massive corals are normally quite resilient to heat stress. Even the strong are now ...