Many UCSB students know the beach, the bluffs, and the surf at Campus Point — but not the REEF, a small education center hidden in plain sight. It’s easy to overlook, but it shouldn’t be. The REEF ...

An international research team led by marine biologist Prof. Dr. Maren Ziegler from Justus Liebig University Giessen (JU) has ...

The Red Sea was thought to host ecosystems resilient to warming waters, but a 2023 heatwave proves otherwise. A juvenile Red Sea anemonefish, also called a clownfish, looks out from between the ...

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A group that is pioneering underwater sculpture parks as a way to establish human-made coral reefs has deployed its first ...

In an extraordinary fusion of art, environmental science and marine conservation, a fleet of life-sized concrete cars is ...

A recent report redefines climate risk, highlighting real-time tipping points and the critical need for governance to address ...

Experience the mesmerizing harmony of tropical fish swimming gracefully through vibrant coral reefs. This visual symphony of ...

Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions have been highly political issues since the terms went mainstream nearly three decades ago. Despite scientists and researchers warning world leaders that a ...

Since the Ice Age, elkhorn and staghorn corals off Florida’s southern coast have been stacking their skeletons into elaborate, branching homes for parrotfish, eels and octopuses. “They’ve been the ...

In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, checking up on hundreds of corals we had transplanted as part of our ...

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Carly D. Kenkel has received funding from NSF, NOAA, The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, the Mary Gard ...