coral reefs

Report sounds an alarm on ongoing decline of U.S. coral reefs

By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press

Thousands march in Mauritius to protest disastrous oil spill

Thousands of people protested in Mauritius again Saturday over the government’s handling of an offshore oil spill that has become the Indian Ocean island nation’s worst environmental disaster in years.

By Cara Anna, Associated Press

The future of ocean life is bleak if we don’t cut carbon emissions

The world's oceans and seas have already absorbed an enormous amount of excess heat in our climate system, according to a new UN report. And the risks of dire consequences for marine and coastal life will get significantly worse if…

South China Sea threatened by ‘a series of catastrophes’

The South China Sea is home to more than a tenth of all the fish caught in the world, but fish stocks there are now on the verge of collapsing. Overfishing and the destruction of coral reefs have been exacerbated…

By PBS NewsHour

‘Chasing Coral’ documents destruction of coral reefs

In the new documentary “Chasing Coral,” a team of photographers, divers and scientists analyze more than 650 hours of underwater footage to illustrate the real-time effects warming seas. The film will premiere on Netflix on July 14. NewsHour Weekend’s Saskia…

By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman

Scientists try to regrow a dying coral reef 25 times faster than nature

By PBS NewsHour

The world’s coral reefs are in perilous danger due to overfishing, pollution and climate change. But a team of scuba-diving scientists has developed a groundbreaking method for speeding up coral growth in hopes of stemming the underwater crisis. Hari Sreenivasan…

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Expanding marine sanctuary is meant to save ocean from mass extinction

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

President Barack Obama pledged Thursday to expand the largest ocean sanctuary to 490,000 square miles, six times its current size. The PBS NewsHour has been following how ocean acidification has impacted marine life and the Americans who depend on them.

Even healthy corals have herpes, so what’s making them sick?

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Even healthy corals carry viruses, like herpes. Are these viruses making them sick? Science Nation explores the microorganisms that are killing coral reefs around the world.