PLACENCIA, Belize — After Hurricane Iris decimated the coral reef at Laughing Bird Caye National Park in 2001, many wrote off the UNESCO World Heritage site as a coral graveyard. But a small group ...

Conservation and dive groups warned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and National Marine Fisheries Service today that the agencies are violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to reopen formal ...

Florida’s corals are in trouble. Whether from disease, pollution, increasing user pressures, heat-induced bleaching or other climate-related stressors, the near 360-mile stretch of coral reef is in ...

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Coral reefs are vital ecosystems that sustain millions of people, yet they face a growing crisis. Rising ocean temperatures are causing coral bleaching, a process where heat disrupts the relationship ...

Climate change is severely impacting coral reefs globally, including Florida's reef, which is vital to the state's economy and provides significant flood protection. Florida's coral reef has ...

A human rights-based approach to coral reef protection could ensure governments are held to account for safeguarding marine ecosystems and empower local and Indigenous communities to demand ...

Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt has renewed his vow to fight the Great Barrier Reef’s potential listing as “in ...

The latest official update on the health of the Great Barrier Reef is heartbreaking. Released on Friday, the fourth five-yearly Outlook Report prepared by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority ...