May 28, 2025 — This study measured the growth rate of coral reefs in Honaunau Bay, Hawaii, using on-site data gathering and aerial imagery. Researchers found that the reefs are being eroded by ...

In coral reefs throughout the world, visually striking bands of bare sand surrounding reefs are often visible in satellite imagery but their cause remains a mystery. One theory is fear.

The Guam Department of Agriculture received $1,999,600 in federal grant to increase ongoing coral reef restoration. In a release, the department said the nearly $2 million funding significantly ...

Oct. 24, 2022 — Coral reef halos, also known as grazing halos or sand halos, are bands of bare, sandy seafloor that surround coral patch reefs. These features, clearly-visible from satellite ...

But tourism can replace fishing in the economy, helping preserve coral reefs. I am crossing a desert, but not one made of sand. I am swimming through a wasteland of rubble, the pulverized remains ...

Almost three-quarters of the world's coral reefs are thought to be deteriorating as a consequence of environmental stress. Until now, it has been possible to evaluate reef health only by field ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The latest “report card” on Mesoamerica’s coral reefs made clear that 2024’s hottest-ever recorded summer temperatures devastated some ...

It’s called drift snorkeling, and the water’s guiding them over Ningaloo, one of the world’s longest near-shore reefs, revealing coral that’s as white as the sand on the sea floor ...

Endangered coral reefs could be saved by a special ink, according to new research. The bio-ink, called SNAP-X, was engineered by American scientists to help promote coral larvae settlement and ...

The biodiversity of the Earth’s oceans is disproportionately concentrated in coral reefs — the vibrant undersea ecosystems where thousands of known marine species reside. A new Yale-led study offers ...

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), coral reefs are in global decline, with their very existence considered to be “in jeopardy” unless protection and restoration are ...