Coral Reefs

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"Global warming is happening. As a society, we need to understand how species and ecosystems will respond to such change," said study author Lewis Jones.

The vermin are starving complex ecosystems of a vital but surprising ingredient: bird droppings.

Sculptures at Florida's new underwater museum of art are made of natural materials and will work like artificial reefs, housing sea life, on an otherwise barren ocean floor.

Rising water temperatures are killing corals—but researchers think we can stop the die-off.

If there is any silver lining to these events, it may be that many of the disturbances killing corals are acute: They occur just for a short period of time and then disappear, potentially allowing corals to recover before the next disturbance.

The world's oceans have absorbed around one-third of human-emitted carbon dioxide.

This dynamic duo is another deadly threat to coral reefs. But people can do something about it.

"There's just no time for these systems to recover."

More than 500 million people around the world rely on coral reefs directly for their livelihood, income and food.

The foreboding creature has an equally foreboding namesake.

Unprecedented amounts of coral reef bleaching destroyed the coasts of Hawaii, and it will probably keep getting worse.

NOAA experts predict coral reefs in Florida, Hawaii and the Caribbean will be heavily impacted by global warming effects as soon as this summer.

Coral bleaching is decimating the globe's sea life, but some experts believe tapping the latest technology could reverse the trend.

Almost all damage to categories like coral reefs and plantlife will have already occurred.