Coral reefs
World’s Northernmost Coral Reef In Japan Bleached
Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a...
UNESCO Keeps Great Barrier Reef Off ‘in Danger’ List
UNESCO said Thursday its World Heritage Committee (WHC) had decided not to place the Great Barrier Reef on its list of...
Great Barrier Reef A $42 Billion Asset ‘too Big To Fail’
Australia's under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and...
Global Coral Bleaching May Be Ending, US Agency Says
Coral reef bleaching may be easing after three years of high ocean temperatures, the longest such period since the...
Chemicals Are Found In the Blood of Turtles From Great Barrier Reef
Chemicals from human cosmetics and drugs have been found in the blood of turtles living in Australia's Great Barrier...
Chemical Cocktail Found In Barrier Reef Turtles
Human medicines and household substances have been discovered in the blood of green turtles in Australia's Great...
Great Barrier Reef Can No Longer Be Saved
The Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved in its present form and is damaged beyond repair, scientists have warned....
Great Barrier Reef Bleaching Worse Than First Thought
Coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef is worse than first thought and the impact will accelerate unless...
Vinegar Offers Hope In Barrier Reef Starfish Battle
Coral-munching crown-of-thorns starfish can be safely killed by common household vinegar, scientists revealed Thursday...
Reef Damage Could Cost Australia A Million Tourists
Mass coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could cost the region more than a million tourists a year and up...
Great Barrier Reef: Two-Thirds Damaged In ‘unprecedented’ Bleaching
Unprecedented coral bleaching in consecutive years has damaged two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, aerial...
‘Zero Recovery’ For Corals In Back-To-Back Australia Bleaching
Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia's Great Barrier Reef has "zero prospect" of recovery, scientists...
Gene Sleuths Open Line of Attack On Coral-Killing Starfish
The beast goes by the Latin monicker of Acanthaster planci, but it is known to us as the crown-of-thorns -- a venomous...
‘Underwater Wasteland’ Worries After Cyclone Hits Barrier Reef
A powerful cyclone that smashed into northeastern Australia could have caused further damage to the under-pressure...
Coral Reefs In Hot Water
A spike in water temperature lasting only days bleached all the coral in a South China Sea atoll, and killed 40 percent...
Indonesia Increases Estimate For Cruise Ship Reef Damage
Indonesia said Wednesday a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a British company had damaged about 18,900 square...
‘Dead Zones’ A Threat To Coral Reefs
Low-oxygen areas of the ocean known as dead zones threaten hundreds of coral reefs worldwide, fragile ecosystems...
Coral Reefs Discovered In Ghana
Ghana’s tourism sector is expected to rake in more foreign exchange following the discovery of Coral Reefs in its...
Indonesia Summons UK Envoy Over Coral Reef Destruction
Indonesia summoned the British ambassador Friday after a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a London-based company...