It's the world's largest collection of coral reefs, spanning more than 1,430 miles down Australia's eastern coastline. But scientists warn that the Great Barrier Reef is inching closer to an ...

The fate of coral reefs has been written with a degree of certainty rare in climate science: at 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, most are expected to die. This is not a far-off scenario.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coral reefs: bright, colorful and teeming with sea creatures who call them home. They might just be among the most beautiful and ...

This past spring, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the world was undergoing a "global coral-bleaching event" due to the record-setting warmth of our oceans—the fourth ...

A coral reef restoration group is warning that rising ocean temperatures are putting Florida's coral reef in danger of catastrophic loss. The Coral Restoration Foundation, a group centered around ...

The coral on the sea floor around the Pacific island of Kiritimati looked like a boneyard in November -- stark, white and lifeless. But there still was some hope. This month, color returned with fuzzy ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

(AP) - Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

Corals bleach in warm ocean waters, making them particularly vulnerable as global temperatures rise due to climate change. — © AFP Corals bleach in warm ocean ...