Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become a coral reef.

Researchers found that reef passes provide circulation to corals by allowing saltwater and maintain their health by transporting nutrients.

“If we want coral reefs to survive, we must drastically reduce our emissions and keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius [2.7°F].” Banner image : Coral bleaching in Ningaloo, Australia ...

Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity correlate with coral assemblage shifts along the Great Barrier Reef. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55128-7 Cite This Page : ...

A range of mostly human forces has precipitated this loss: coastal construction, diseases, pollution, and, increasingly, climate change.Ocean warming is proving to be an endgame for reefs.

Coral reefs worldwide are in major trouble. Their numbers have dwindled dramatically over time and today, they’re facing yet another mass bleaching event. But research has offered hope that ...

Mass coral reef bleaching can subject coral to mortality without intervention. As the world's oceans experience unprecedented rising temperatures, significant coral bleaching has been reported ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been hit by a major coral bleaching event, with the results consistent with patterns of heat stress that have built up over summer at the biologically diverse ...

Over 220 tons of new marine habitat were deployed Sept. 19 in the coastal Gulf waters off Lanark Village in Franklin County, Florida. Dedicated, environmentally friendly reef modules were sunk in ...

And for weeks on end, reefs in the Florida Keys, the largest coral reef in the continental US, were soaking in 90-plus degree water. That’s well beyond the threshold for bleaching in this region.

Sergeant Major fish swim around a coral reef, July 14, 2023, in Key West, Fla. Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images. The bleaching events have already started, and alert levels for corals are at ...

Sergeant Major fish swim around a coral reef, July 14, 2023, in Key West, Fla. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images The warming atmosphere may also be contributing to ocean warming in the region.