From the surface, these 22 square miles of water are unexceptional. But dip beneath the surface — go down 60 or 70 feet — and you’ll find a spectacular seascape. Sponges, barnacles and tube worms ...

Scientists have developed a new way to model and map the health of coral reef ecosystems using data collected on the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation's Global Reef Expedition. This ...

As global warming drives more events that impact coral reefs, managing the Great Barrier Reef’s resilience demands comprehensive and detailed mapping of the reef bed. Available surveys and maps with ...

In recent years, South Carolina marine biologists have learned abandoned crab traps serve a better purpose in the water than in a landfill. Now they are working on an oyster reef model that might ...

A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) finds that artificial intelligence (AI) models are providing more accurate and more hopeful predictions for the future of coral reefs amid ...

Researchers will now use the power of technologies to monitor and help protect the Great Barrier Reef. Following the photographs taken by citizen scientists, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deep ...

Coral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action. That's according to findings based on an analysis that combines the latest science on reef dynamics ...

Aloha! Our lab just got back from our annual fieldwork trip to Maui, and we have a lot to report! Members of Jennifer Smith's coral reef ecology lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been ...