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For decades, coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been suffering from disease, pollution, overfishing and rising sea ...

A new study finds that more than 70 percent of these protected zones are exposed to high levels of wastewater pollutants, ...

Every time you go for a swim, some of your sunscreen gets left behind. An estimated 25 percent of applied sunscreen washes ...

Coral nurseries, collecting larvae and even playing soundtracks underwater, scientists around the world are trying lots of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Healthy corals like these on Australia's Lady Elliot Reef could disappear by the 2030s if climate change is not curbed. Rebecca ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 12, 2023) — In a paper published today in Nature, researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, University of São Paulo, University of Oxford, University of Exeter, and ...

(NEW YORK) — The Earth’s coral reefs, some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems in the world, are facing a number of serious threats. Beyond large-scale events like climate change, local ...

Brazil’s Abrolhos reefs, the most biodiverse in the South Atlantic, have lost about 15% of coral cover over 18 years due to climate change, marine debris, and other human activity. Heatwaves are ...

A global study shows that 73% of marine protected areas (MPAs) for tropical coral reefs, including those in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat, are exposed to nitrogen pollution from sewage. Such nutrient loading ...

Minimizing land-based and sea-based human impacts at the same time might help reefs to recover from marine heatwaves, a study has found. But researchers warn that, in the absence of aggressive action ...

Coral reefs are some of the oldest, most diverse ecosystems on Earth, and among the most valuable. They nurture 25% of all ocean life, protect coasts from storms and add billions of dollars yearly to ...