offer commercially available one-meter satellite imagery, announced today that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, Washington, D.C.) and its partners in coral reef mapping have ...

Coral Reef Awareness Week took place across the globe during the week of July 15 as an annual reminder of the importance of these underwater ecosystems. But seeing as how these structures are crucial ...

The underwater robots can also assess ship hulls and monitor the impact of oil spills. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral ...

Beyond being underwater wonders, coral reefs are guardians of biodiversity, shields for our coastlines and a vital source of ...

Florida’s acroporids have joined the ranks of the California condor – they cannot recover without help. But unlike the condor ...

This is a challenging time for coral reefs. Although they cover less than 0.1% of the ocean floor, coral reefs support 25% of all marine creatures. Collectively, they form one of the planet’s most ...

James Porter stood next to a large display containing exotic butterflies collected in recent years in Costa Rica and as a comparison these insects are exhibited next to renderings of the same type ...

The crucial reef-building corals were decimated by a marine heat wave in the Florida Keys. Can advances in restoration help ...

This story was co-published with Grist as part of their Proof of Concept video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most surprising research. While the Gulf of ...