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New map shows warming waters where coral reefs could be under threat

Shreya Dasgupta 8 May 2019

Counting on eDNA for a faster, easier way to count coral

Stephanie Parker 8 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019
Coral garden on the bow of the Saratoga. Photo by Greg Asner.

Guns, Corals and Steel: Are Nuclear Shipwrecks a Biodiversity Hotspot?

Greg Asner 28 Apr 2019

Scientists urge overhaul of the world’s parks to protect biodiversity

John Cannon 11 Apr 2019

In Indonesia, an earthquake leaves devastation on land and under the sea

Ian Morse 9 Apr 2019

To stop extinctions, start with these 169 islands, new study finds

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2019
Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, where the oil spill occurred. Image courtesy of Google Earth. 

Solomon Islands: Oil stops spilling but environmental toll still being calculated

Catherine Wilson 2 Apr 2019

Global analysis of coral bleaching finds equatorial reefs less impacted by ocean warming

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2019

‘Managed resilience’ not a successful strategy for conserving coral reefs, researchers find

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2019

Indonesia wins $2.52 million settlement for coral damage by foreign ships

Basten Gokkon 19 Mar 2019

New MPA established in Philippines includes community-led monitoring program

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2019

Solomon Islands province bans logging in bid to protect environment

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2019
The Mozambique Channel off the west coast of Madagascar. Image by Rod Waddington via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Madagascar auctioning a large swath of virgin waters for oil exploration

Edward Carver 14 Dec 2018

Brazilian regulators deny French oil giant Total license to drill near Amazon Reef

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2018

New picture of coral reef health opens avenues for saving them

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2018

High sea levels thousands of years ago aided island formation

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2018

PNG to create 7,500 square kilometers of new marine protected areas in Bismarck Sea

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2018

Are deep sea reefs really a lifeboat for our vanishing corals?

Emily Clark 7 Nov 2018

Parrotfish, critical to reef health, now protected under Mexican law

John Cannon 7 Nov 2018

Call to protect dwindling wilderness ‘before it disappears forever’

John Cannon 1 Nov 2018

Coral bleaching events cause behavioral changes in key reef fish species

Mongabay.com 1 Nov 2018

17 new brilliantly colored species of sea slugs described

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Nov 2018
A coral reef system along the coast of northern Mozambique, one of nearly 300 coral reefs in the Western Indian Ocean examined by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and other organizations in a 10-year study that focused on coral diversity and rates from bleaching events. Photo credit: Emily Darling/WCS.

In Bali and beyond: An urgent focus on coral conservation (commentary)

Cristián Samper 29 Oct 2018

Chinese demand wiping out forests in the Solomon Islands: New report

John Cannon 22 Oct 2018

New species of blood-red coral found off Panama coast

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2018

Deep reefs were not spared by 2016 mass bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef

Mongabay.com 19 Sep 2018
Patrolling sharks on a post-nuclear reef. Image by Greg Asner.

The search for survivors in a post-nuclear reefscape

Greg Asner and Clare LeDuff 10 Sep 2018

Diverse family of algae could help corals survive warming seas

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2018

Underwater tech unlocks the secrets of The Bahamas’ Exuma Sound

Catherine Morris 30 Aug 2018

A new dimension to marine restoration: 3D printing coral reefs

David Klinges 27 Aug 2018
Coral reef off New Caledonia. Courtesy of Google Earth.

New Caledonia votes to protect coral reefs

Mongabay.com 16 Aug 2018

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