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.

But today, ongoing pressures from climate change put it at serious risk for being wiped out entirely. In fact, in August, an official report by the Australian ... than just one coral reef, which ...

Out here in the middle of the Pacific, somewhere between Australia and Hawaii ... that the Marshall Islands, this loose collection of no-elevation coral atolls, likely will be submerged beneath ...

bleaching puts coral at risk of starving. Last year water temperatures spiked above 100°F in the Caribbean, killing some ...

The Pacific paradise, located between Australia ... groundwater is at risk. And the sea’s warming temperature presents a threat to the coral reefs that surround the islands and the fish that ...

Their own leaders have said that Kiribati—33 coral islands in an ... widespread on the atolls most at risk from rising seas: Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Tokelau, and Tuvalu.

Ecologists Reconstruct the History of Biodiversity in the Indo-Australian ... coral reefs to be at severe risk of bleaching for longer periods than previously ... Restored Rat-Free Islands Could ...

The cruise companies want their biggest ships to be able to dock directly in George Town Campaigners in the Cayman Islands ... in Queensland, Australia, who has been studying coral reefs since ...

Drinkers risk seeing some of their favourite wines disappear from supermarket shelves ahead of a planned shake-up of alcohol duty, the boss of Majestic Wine has warned. John Colley, the wine ...

Stories on the discovery of vital fluid-transport systems in the human body are among the winners of the 2024 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Winning journalists also did immersive stories on ...