Coral grows faster when it's near islands populated by seabirds, whose poop has the right formula of nutrients to help it bounce back from bleaching. How coral farms are helping restore reefs after ...

The Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire will host a free screening and discussion of the documentary “Chasing Coral” at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at 1089 Main St. The film follows divers, ...

University of Guam researcher Dr. Laurie Raymundo conducting a health assessment of a bleached Acropora muricata thicket in Apra Harbor, Guam, October 2017. Benefits to society from coral reefs, ...

A new documentary, ‘Reef Builders,’ explores how coral reefs around the world have been decimated by climate change—and the work happening to bring them back. 84% of the planet’s coral is now impacted ...

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have developed a new method to predict coral bleaching five to six months before it occurs, giving reef managers valuable time to protect ...

Mass coral bleaching occurs when unusually warm ocean temperatures disrupt the partnership between corals and the microscopic algae that supply most of their energy, leaving corals weakened and often ...

"Coral bleaching isn't always a death sentence for every coral. Corals can and do recover if stress inducing conditions subside. But our research shows there is a price to pay for recovery in terms of ...

Coral bleaching is a widespread stress response of reef-building corals to elevated sea temperatures, resulting in the loss of symbiotic algae and often leading to coral death and reef degradation.

What: Film screening: “Chasing Coral” with special guest Samantha. Wright, director of impact of Chasing Coral at Exposure Labs. When: Thursday, Jan. 11; doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the program begins ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land itself. Sea water divides the sunset and a ghost land of corals in New Ireland, ...

Even if you’ve never gone scuba diving or peered into a tropical tank at your local aquarium, you know that coral reefs are the ocean’s art show. They’re all bright, colorful and full of life — right?