But the greatest threat of all threats to coral reefs is carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, which leads to ocean warming and acidification. Leading coral biologist Charles Veron has ...

A partnership to safeguard globally significant coral reefs. © Paul Mckenzie / WWF-HK Coral reefs cover less than 0.1% of our ocean, but they are home to 25% of its ...

Coral reefs cover less than 0.1% of the world's ocean surface but provide a home for at least 25% of all marine species. There are more than 2000 species of coral in the world, and most are found ...

which make this an ocean on the edge. The marine diversity found on coral reefs supports a billion people yet 25 per cent of the world's reefs are at risk and around a third of Indian Ocean coral ...

Wild coral makes up some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world, supporting thousands of species in the process, ...

The lagoon is open to the ocean towards the north-west ... 72° 23′, and forms the last of the great chain of coral formations reaching from the Laccadive Islands, through the Maldives to ...