"Scientists are planting corals to combat bleaching, ocean acidification, and other threats facing these colorful ecosystems."

>"A new study found two common reef-builders can cope with 2ºC of global warming."

"This is absolutely fascinating : With the pressures of climate change, coral reefs are bleaching and dying globally at an unprecedented rate. In Jordan however, researchers, activists and fishers are hopeful that their coral reefs and the _...Read More_

"Scientists are sourcing new ultraviolet ray-blocking compounds from algae, seaweed, cyanobacteria and other marine creatures."

One of the most easily visible impacts of climate change is coral bleaching. As temps rise worldwide, water temps are climbing as well, causing colorful coral to become stressed and kick out their symbiotic algae partners.

„Since the 1950s, the world’s coral reef cover has halved due to global heating, overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction. The _...Read More_

heatwaves, driven by climate change, are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide. Although we know that heatwaves kill marine organisms and have devastating effects on _...Read More_

>"In a monthly feature, we explain how warming waters threaten the survival of a wonder of the seas."

Changes in ocean chemistry and temperature have had a dramatic effect on the diversity of corals and sea anemones, according to a team of scientists who have traced their evolution through deep time. A new study, published Aug. 31 in the _...Read More_

Sometimes bad things happen in the worst possible places – like the MV Wakashio running aground on shallow reefs off the south-east coast of Mauritius on July 25. The wreck of the bulk carrier ship began leaking oil in front of a nature _...Read More_

An international team of researchers focused on what can happen to ocean ecosystems when fishing pressure increases or decreases, and how this differs between tropical to temperate marine ecosystems. The team found ecosystems do not respond _...Read More_