By almost every measure, the coral in Tela Bay should be dead. Yet despite decades of pollution, industrial degradation, and heat waves that have decimated other reefs in the region, this reef on ...

Florida's coral reef system is large, stretching 350 miles from the Dry Tortugas off the coast of Key West to Martin County, north of Palm Beach on the Atlantic side of the state. According to the ...

Mass coral reef bleaching can subject coral to mortality without intervention. As the world's oceans experience unprecedented rising temperatures, significant coral bleaching has been reported ...

Global coral reef bleaching event is largest on record, report says Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in ...

It takes hundreds of years for coral reefs to grow. Scientists found a way to do it in months. Coral reefs play a vital role in the overall health of the planet. And off the coast of Florida, they ...

A massive coral restoration effort —the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mission: Iconic Reef—has been underway since 2019 to restore the reef with transplanted corals ...

While scientists studied a coral reef ecosystem in the South Pacific, rising temperatures led them to believe it was doomed. Then, something miraculous happened.

The Florida Keys coral reef is nearly extinct, and high water temperatures threaten to eliminate what is left. Three hopeful experts tell us what we can do to preserve the coral.

The total tourism value of Florida’s Coral Reef — a stretch of coral extending from the Dry Tortugas to the St. Lucie Inlet — is estimated at $1.1 billion annually by the Florida Department ...

It's also important to Florida. A large part of our fishing industry survives on fish that breed and grow in the coral reef. "It also supports over 71,000 jobs and generates over $6.3 billion in ...

Coral reefs inspired the crochet exhibition “Austrian Satellite Reef,” by Margaret and Christine Wertheim. It is on view at the Schlossmuseum Linz in Austria. David Payr for The New York Times ...

A reef that has been degraded, whether by coral bleaching, disease, or direct human impacts, can’t support the same diversity of species and has a much quieter, less rich soundscape.