Stretching almost 1,500 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is so vast that just 20% has been surveyed. With tourism funding ...

MR. SCHWARZ, as far as I understand him, questions the effects, if any, of submarine erosion and the necessity for any view except that of subsidence to explain the formation of coral reefs. I fail to ...

Research into the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs and other marine organisms is still in its beginning stages. However, understanding how higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the ...

Explore the breathtaking Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, stretching along Australia's northeastern ...

I HAVE read with great interest the article on coral formations in your last number (p. 393), by Capt. Wharton. It is not because I wish to claim to have anticipitated the views which he gives as to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KTVI) – Charles Darwin may have been wrong ...

The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill damaged coral formations deep beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico and miles from the ruptured well at the heart of the disaster, researchers reported Monday.

There might be an upside to the loss of coral reefs. Their decline would mean oceans can absorb up to 5 per cent more carbon dioxide by 2100, researchers estimate, slowing the build up of this ...