I went from making dive spots a key requirement for any travel destination, to diving only once in a decade. After all, it wouldn’t be easy to find someone to watch my son and daughter for longer stretches of time while my husband and I were off playing Jacques Cousteau and Sylvia Earle.

These maps show where coral reef restoration along the coasts of Florida and Puerto Rico would protect against more than $391 million in total damage to property and lost economic activity annually. (Credit: UC Santa Cruz, J. Kendall-Bar) A new study co ...

ST. THOMAS — The Virgin Islands Children’s Museum will unveil a new exhibit Saturday displaying surreal underwater photography of the island’s surrounding coral reefs and the scientists fighting to protect them. “Reefs Reimagined” is an exhibit ...

Ian Enochs, a research ecologist and lead of NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab Coral Program, found that every coral in the Cheeca Rocks area had bleached by August 1, 2023. Photo courtesy of NOAA/AOML Aug. 10 (UPI) --Armed with scrub ...

A jaw-dropping new report on the current coral bleaching event that dates back to 2023 has found that the vast majority of reefs worldwide have been affected. The new findings revealed that 84% of all coral reefs have been impacted by the bleaching event.

A new theory explains how juvenile crown-of-thorns sea stars (commonly known as starfish) can destabilize coral reefs. The 'degraded reef framework' explains how the loss of live coral, which crown-of-thorns starfish feed off, paradoxically benefits ...

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The REEFLINE project is transforming Miami's fragile marine ecosystem through large-scale, coral-infused sculptures designed to both protect and inspire.

The artificial reef off Miami Beach will be an art installation, a restoration of the island's coral habitat and an underwater tourist attraction.