Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is famous for being a beautiful underwater wonderland that hosts the world’s largest coral reef system. But it’s been hit hard over the years by warming waters and ...

In a few weeks, the water temperature hit a high that triggered the coral to jettison the beneficial algae living in its ...

To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic detail page. ON JULY 24TH a buoy in the Manatee Bay off Florida’s southern tip measured a record-breaking sea-surface temperature of ...

Over that time, he's witnessed an alarming trend. In the past 20 years, half of Florida corals have died off. "Watching the decline of coral at Looe Key has been heartbreaking," Lapointe says. "When I ...

Corals in the Caribbean have been dying off for decades — and a devastating heatwave there last summer made matters worse. Researchers are now considering something that was once unthinkable: is it ...

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...

Coral isn’t exactly a migratory species. Many have exoskeletons that seem more like sculptures than living organisms. But right now, Florida scientists are watching closely to see if an unusual ...

MIAMI — Earth just reached its first catastrophic climate tipping point. Coral reefs around the world are facing widespread dieback. “Unless we take radical steps, I fear that we’re going to see the ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Arah Narida leans over ...