WESA

Florida's Corals Are Dying Off, But It's Not All Due To Climate Change, Study Says

Over that time, he's witnessed an alarming trend. In the past 20 years, half of Florida corals have died off. "Watching the decline of coral at Looe Key has been heartbreaking," Lapointe says. "When I ...
Fast Company

Dying coral reefs may have a new savior: bird poop

As if we needed more proof that birds are better than rats, it’s here. . . at least for their role in revitalizing coral reefs, a core component of marine ecosystems. Scientists have found that coral ...
News 6 WKMG

Florida’s coral reefs are dying. Here’s why you should care

Read full article: Record warm ocean temperatures threaten Florida’s coral reef This photo provided by the University of Miami Coral Reef Futures Lab, shows fire coral and staghorn corals with ...
BusinessMirror

Save reef fishes by saving coral reefs

Coral bleaching has been occurring worldwide, posing a significant threat to marine biodiversity. Worse, there is the ...
CNET

Underwater Coral-bots to repair the world's dying reefs

Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the wonders of the universe as she is. When she's not daydreaming about flying through space, she's daydreaming ...
WPLG

Scientist on dying coral: ‘If this doesn’t wake people up, I don’t know what will’

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. — South Florida’s coral reefs continue to suffer the effects of this unprecedented summer heat wave that shows no end in sight. It’s especially catastrophic because since the 1980s ...
Yahoo

Scientists may have found a way to save dying coral reefs: 'We are in a race against time'

Saving coral reefs might be possible with the power of … sound? Scientists have found that playing certain sounds through underwater speakers can help restore damaged coral ecosystems. This ...
Mongabay

‘Corals dying’ as yet more bleaching hits heat-stressed Great Barrier Reef

Both aerial and in-water surveys have shown that the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing extensive coral bleaching. Surveys have also shown “limited bleaching” in the northern ...
The Bismarck Tribune

Ocean heat sparks scramble to save dying corals

THE FLORIDA KEYS — Cynthia Lewis carefully pulled back the lid covering a 240-gallon tank. As the bubbles subsided, there they were: her life's work, the very animals she has studied for more than two ...
The Economist

Corals are bleaching and dying earlier in the year than ever before

To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic detail page. ON JULY 24TH a buoy in the Manatee Bay off Florida’s southern tip measured a record-breaking sea-surface temperature of ...
WUNC

Scientists are using corals from other countries to save Florida's dying reefs

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...