More than a dozen of the coral islands that mark Australia's maritime boundaries are at risk of disappearing, a study has found. Multiple stresses including rising sea levels threaten their existence.

The world is currently experiencing its second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record ...

For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

The islands host nearly 54,000 metric tons of mangroves, the team estimates, which is roughly 10,000 more metric tons than was there in 1973. The forest’s reach has also expanded on many islands.

Kiribati, a Pacific island nation with 33 atolls and reef islands, is at severe risk of disappearing as sea levels rise. The country’s capital, South Tarawa, is experiencing extreme coastal ...

The warning system also forecasts coral disease in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, as well as Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and a vast ...

More than a dozen of the coral islands that mark Australia's maritime boundaries are at risk of disappearing, a study has found. Multiple stresses including rising sea levels threaten their existence.

Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world’s colourful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what scientists said amounted to the fourth global bleaching event in ...