Higher than normal water temperatures cause coral to evict their symbiotic algae, which affects how much energy they can create. Removal of algae also turns corals white, a phenomenon commonly ...

An underwater investigation of coral bleaching in the South Pacific By Justin Worland | Photographs by XL Catlin Seaview Survey Richard Vevers has traveled the globe to photograph coral reefs ...

Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn ...

When corals are stressed, they release their algae and turn pale or white ... out there,” Koss said. As of November, there were similar levels of coral mortality at Pickle’s Reef, an in-water ...

Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (A. palmata) corals, which play a ...