UW researchers discovered a series of peptide biomarkers — proteins whose presence indicates a given physiological process — that predict a coral’s ability to recover from bleaching.

The process involves collecting reproductive ... These specially-raised coral have demonstrated greater resistance to bleaching events, with the first successful reproduction of these heat ...

Last week, the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), a global partnership and forum of 100-plus governments, NGOs, and ...

Coral bleaching is a broad term conceived back in 1998 after the phenomenon was first widely noticed—or at least seriously and widely recognized—that essentially describes critically stressed ...

Plus, climate change is the biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef due to coral bleaching events, ocean acidification, extreme weather events, and habitat changes. In the first model ...

These coral reefs suffered major damage. Watch how restoration efforts helped bring them back Coral reefs offer crucial habitat for marine creatures and protection for coastal communities, but ...

Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world's coral reefs from further decline, primarily due to bleaching caused by global ...

“Program staff have also played a major role in determining the extent and severity of multiple coral bleaching events since 2007, including severe events in 2013 and 2017,” Burdick sai ...