It is projected that by 2050 more than 90 percent of the Coral Triangle’s reefs will be critically threatened by climate impacts. As reefs fail, food insecurity in the region will become calamitous.

Most of the Blue Zone is inside yourself, it’s the way you act, the way you behave and the way you live,” Ricardo Caceres ...

Giant clams are primarily found in the warm, shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific region. They inhabit coral reefs, where they play a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem health. With a potential ...

Grab an ice cream cone and stroll along the waterfront for a perfect end to your day. The town hosts fun festivals throughout ...

Volcanic islands, such as the islands of Hawaii and the Caribbean, are surrounded by coral reefs that encircle an island in a ...

When Victoria Glynn came to Panama to study the effects of extreme ocean temperatures on coral reefs at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) as a pre-doctoral fellow in professor ...

Prochlorococcus, a genus of bacteria that’s key to oxygen production in the ocean, tends to disappear when faced with marine ...

By almost every measure, the coral in Tela Bay should be dead. Yet despite decades of pollution, industrial degradation, and heat waves that have decimated other reefs in the region, this reef on ...

Drawing Out the Secrets of Coral Reef Resilience to High Ocean Temperatures. ... “Coral reefs cover just 0.1% of Earth's surface but they support around 25% of all marine life.

A healthy coral reef in American Samoa, left, experiencing coral bleaching due to a severe marine heatwave, center, and eventually dying, right. The Ocean Agency and Ocean Image Bank., CC BY-NC.

The task force leading U.S. efforts to preserve and protect coral reef ecosystems recognized the coral reef and fisheries conservation work of three University of Guam Marine Laboratory researchers.