A new synthesis published in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment finds that coral reefs transition to net erosion under all emissions scenarios, even low-to-moderate ones, but that the spread of heat ...

The structural complexity of coral reefs creates a vibrant underwater city populated by a diverse assortment of characters. Ironically, this same complexity can impede coral recovery after ...

Coral larvae are picky about where they attach and settle down. One of the ways they decide is by “smelling” chemicals in the water that are associated with healthy reefs. Now, researchers at UC San ...

Tenacious Corals Acid bath? No problem. Researchers report that decreasing water pH—one consequence of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere—dissolves the stony coral's hard skeleton but ...