Record high temperatures and relentless marine heat waves triggered widespread coral bleaching and die-offs in the Florida Keys and the Caribbean this summer, forcing emergency rescue measures to ...

Climate models unreliable in predicting wave damage to coral reefs Date: September 21, 2022 Source: University of Leeds Summary: A new study finds that climate models are unreliable when it comes ...

As baby corals float in the currents, they can expand their species’ range. But can they get to climate refuges fast enough ...

Coral reefs can naturally protect coasts from tropical cyclones by reducing the impact of large waves before they reach the shore, according to scientists. Tropical cyclones wreak havoc on coastal ...

From 2014 to 2017, about 75 percent of the world's tropical coral reefs experienced warm conditions severe enough to trigger bleaching events, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Scientists have completed the first-ever global, high-resolution map of the world’s shallow tropical coral reefs. The map is part of the Allen Coral Atlas, an open-access, user-friendly coral ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Unprecedented heat waves in the Southwest Pacific affected more than 10% of the global ocean surface in 2024, damaging coral reefs and putting the region's last remaining ...

As if tropical storms didn’t get enough of a bad press, it now seems they can ramp up ocean acidification, putting the world’s coral reefs under even greater pressure.

Coral reefs form natural breakwaters, protecting vulnerable coastal areas. Reefy develops stable artificial reefs that protect the coast from wave erosion and stimulate biodiversity. It was ...

Tropical wave could bring heavy rains for days But this wave could bring heavy rains for several consecutive days, depending on whether it stays way out in the Gulf of Mexico or moves closer to ...

Climate models are unreliable when it comes to predicting the damage that tropical cyclones will do to sensitive coral reefs, according to a study published in the journal Earth’s Future.

If new coral reefs form there as the waters warm, these areas might act as refuges for tropical corals, reducing the corals’ risk of extinction. Scientists know from the fossil record that coral ...