Oceans: Coral Reefs

General information from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

Learn the risks our world's coral reefs are facing and what they mean for our future and the future of the ocean.

Aerial surveys show almost no reefs across a 1,200km stretch escaping the heat, prompting scientists to call for urgent action on climate crisis

On October 5, 2021, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) released its latest international report, detailing the status, trends, and predicted futures for the world’s coral reefs.

When corals are stressed by changes in conditions such as temperature, light, or nutrients, they expel the symbiotic algae living in their tissues, causing them to turn completely white.

A new study confirms that coral reefs have faced devastating damage in recent years—a symptom of Earth's rapidly changing climate.

An ocean acidification buoy in Puerto Rico helps scientists understand changing conditions in our oceans and atmosphere.

"When CO2 is absorbed by the ocean, it changes the chemical makeup of seawater in a process called ‘acidification’..."

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The Philippines have invested in marine protected areas (MPAs) to conserve their coral reefs. But MPAs cannot protect against ocean acidification.

Still Only One Earth: Lessons from 50 years of UN sustainable development policy

A guest blog by ocean leaders Peter Thomson (UN), Abdulla Naseer (Maldives) and Susan Lieberman (Wildlife Conservation Society)

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest living thing, made up of 3,000 individual reefs...

Our Shared Seas checked in with Dr. Emily Darling, a coral reef ecologist by training and conservation scientist at the Wildlife Conservation Society, to explore advances in coral reef innovations.