Around the world, coral reefs are threatened by the climate crisis. Typically, the dying breath of coral is signified by bleaching — an expelling of crucial algae that turns the tissue of coral a ...

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Coral reefs are bleaching, dying and becoming sick. Here’s how it's happening and what scientists are doing about it.

Warmer oceans are putting stress on corals—and causing many of them to turn white, or bleach. But some corals under stress are instead becoming strangely colorful, turning brilliant neon pink, yellow, ...

Scientists have found three new species of sun corals off Sung Kong and Waglan islands in the eastern waters of Hong Kong. The discovery of these orange, violet and green corals brings the number of ...

Acropora corals with colorful bleaching in New Caledonia. (Photo courtesy The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey) Acropora corals with colorful bleaching in New Caledonia. (Photo courtesy The ...

As oceans warm due to climate change, some coral reefs have been devastated in recent years by bleaching events that cause them to die and damage the biodiversity that depends on them. Multiple ...

A coral's color can tell of its resilience to climate change, and a new study has shed light on the underlying genetic factors that may be at work behind this. Anyone who visits the Great Barrier Reef ...

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Coral reefs around the world are indeed still at great risk. A comprehensive survey by Canadian researchers in 2021 shows that the world’s oceans have lost about half of their coral cover since the ...