Twenty-Four Ways to Turn Outdoor Passions Into Citizen Science
Heading into the new year, consider collecting scientific data while skiing, hiking, surfing, biking and partaking in other adventures
Some Corals Can Survive Through Relentless Heat Waves, Surprising Scientists
The organisms can recover during a heat wave instead of afterwards, and scientists call it a ‘game changer’ for conservation of the species
This Pacific Island Is Both Sinking and Growing
Sediment produced by surrounding coral reefs has helped Jeh Island outrace rising sea levels
If a Fish Could Build Its Own Home, What Would It Look Like?
By exposing fish to experimental constructions, scientists hope to find out if replicating coral reefs is really the way to go
A Coral Reef Taller Than the Eiffel Tower Was Just Discovered Off the Coast of Australia
A team of scientists mapped the underwater landscape and its bustling sea life using a robot
Climate Change Has Killed Half of the Great Barrier Reef’s Corals
A new study finds corals on the Australian mega-reef declined 50 percent between 1995 and 2017
This Sculpture Takes the Great Barrier Reef’s Temperature
‘Ocean Siren’ changes colors in real time to reflect ocean temperatures at Davies Reef, part of Australia’s ailing Great Barrier Reef
Drone Footage Shows Thousands of Nesting Sea Turtles
The roughly 64,000 green sea turtles were photographed off the Great Barrier Reef in Australia at Raine Island, the turtle’s largest breeding ground
What Eats the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish? The Evidence Is in the Poop
The sea creatures are the second-biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef after tropical cyclones
The Great Barrier Reef Is Now Facing Most Widespread Bleaching Event Yet
The severity of this year’s bleaching is second only to 2016, during which a third of the reef’s corals died
The Most Anticipated Museum Openings of 2020
Slated for this year are new institutions dedicated to ancient Egyptian, the Olympics, African American music and the Army
One Way to Lure Fish Back to Damaged Reefs? Play the Sounds of Living Coral
The find is fascinating, but can’t save these marine ecosystems by itself
Massive Citizen Science Effort Seeks to Survey the Entire Great Barrier Reef
Only about 1,000 of 3,000 individual reefs have been documented, but the Great Reef Census hopes to fill in the gaps
Coral Reefs Face the Dual Threats of Ocean Acidification and Erosion
As coral tissues die off, the exposed calcified skeleton becomes vulnerable to organisms that eat away at the dying reefs
Hitting the High Notes: A Smithsonian Year of Music
This Florida Music Festival Takes Place Completely Underwater
To draw attention to coral reef conservation, divers play ‘bass-oons’ and ‘trombonefish’ at the Underwater Music Festival in Key West
North Carolina’s Offshore Shipwrecks Have Surprising New Tenants—Tropical Fish
As species are pushed north by climate change, the reefs may serve as a refuge for tropical and sub-tropical fish
Month-Long Oil Spill in the Solomon Islands Threatens World’s Largest Coral Reef Atoll
Australia has stepped in to help contain the 600 tons of heavy fuel oil leaking from the transport that ran aground on Rennell Island early last month
Australia Allows One Million Tons of Sludge to Be Dumped on Great Barrier Reef
A loophole in Australian federal law allows dredging spoils from port maintenance to be dumped in the marine park
To Help Corals Fight Back, Scientists Are Breeding Populations Separated by Hundreds of Miles
A new study demonstrates that assisted reproduction using cryopreserved sperm leads to offspring that might be more resilient in the face of climate change
Coral Larvae Cryogenically Frozen and Thawed for the First Time
Warming oceans are killing the world’s reefs, but scientists may have found a way to help them get out of hot water—by putting corals into a deep freeze
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