Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) recently published a paper detailing their observations of a major coral bleaching and mortality event that occurred on the deep reefs of ...

Coral reefs are one of the oldest types of living systems on Earth and are critically important for a number of species and for fisheries and biodiversity of the oceans. Norwegian waters support ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study of deep-sea coral reefs indicates that humans may be having a much more significant impact on them than previously ...

Scientists call for a major acceleration in coral assisted evolution research to help reefs cope with rapidly warming oceans.

Imagine descending in a submarine to the ice-cold, ink-black depths of the ocean, 800 metres under the surface of the Atlantic. Here the tops of the hills are covered in large coral reefs.

WWF welcomes the Irish government’s announcement at a meeting on the North-East Atlantic environment to protect the country’s cold-water coral reefs. Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland – WWF welcomes the ...

Four hours off the Swedish coast, the R/V Skagerak dropped its robotic submarine into the North Sea. Rhian Waller, the research cruise’s lead scientist, and Alice Baker, her artist collaborator, ...

The Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council voted earlier this week to approve a resolution seeking to include parts of the Blake Plateau in the marine protected area. The resolution ...

Some 44% of the world’s warm-water, reef-building coral species are facing risk of extinction, according to the latest update by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This is a significant increase ...

As increased industrial activity puts fragile deep-sea ecosystems at risk, one artist is raising awareness about imperiled corals through scientific model making In “Depicting Dark Waters,” British ...