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