The ocean stores a huge amount of carbon, but excessive human emissions are changing its chemistry. It's becoming more acidic — hitting marine ecosystems and causing coral reefs to crumble. Two ...

A new study of coral reefs in Papua New Guinea shows ocean acidification simplifies coral structure, making crucial habitat less appealing to certain fish species. While much media attention has ...

Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, but have some amazing superpowers. The next 10 years are a critical window for action to save our reefs.

Scientists recover the CTD during choppy seas from the stern of the University of Miami's research vessel F.G. Walton Smith. The CTD is an instument used to collect water samples and measure ...

A new study shows that ocean acidification is changing the mix of microbes in coral reef systems, which can be used to assess ecosystem health. A new study shows that ocean acidification is changing ...

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 ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler [( In ordinary circumstances coral reefs are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, built slowly by animals that appear to be plants. Each coral polyp houses microscopic ...

Coral reefs are both beautiful and utterly vital to the ocean ecosystem and the local environment. They provide homes, food and breeding sites for millions of marine plants and animals, including the ...

The hypothesis that “ocean acidification” will kill corals and shellfish due to higher levels of carbon dioxide dissolved in the sea is often used to stoke fear in the hearts of nature lovers. Here’s ...

These days, any news about the world’s coral reefs tends to be bad news. Global bleaching events, the Great Barrier Reef in dire straits — studies have consistently projected and experience as the ...