coral

A killer coral disease has reached Key West, scientists say — and it’s not stopping

Photo: Disease, evident on the right, is decimating coral in the Florida Keys. GETTY IMAGES The killer and mysterious coral…

6 years ago

The Seafloor Is Dissolving Because of Climate Change

Carbon emissions are acidifying the ocean so quickly that the seafloor is disintegrating. According to a new study, ocean acidification…

6 years ago

The State of Coral in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

October 3, 2017 — The NOAA research vessel Hiialakai returned Saturday from a 25-day trip to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands…

7 years ago

Hawai‘i Supreme Court Orders Halt of Commercial Aquarium Fishery

A school of juvenile parrotfishes, protected within the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area, swims over the reef in spring of…

7 years ago

The race to save Florida’s devastated coral reef from global warming

The Paris climate agreement is a key factor in preventing further damage to the ecosystem, and the tourism and seafood…

7 years ago