Researchers used 120,000-year-old fossils to predict how Gulf of Mexico coral reefs will respond to climate change toward the end of this century. Coral reefs support 25 percent of all marine life ...

A fragile coral reef off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula could take more than a century to recover from a thrashing by Hurricane Wilma last month, the government said. Mexico's National ...

One hundred miles southeast of Galveston’s muddy shoreline, the Gulf of Mexico becomes a dazzling, vibrant blue. Deep below the surface, salt domes protrude from the seafloor and some of the ...

Ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea are on pace to surpass critical thresholds for coral health by mid-century, but rapid action to significantly reduce emissions could slow ...

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Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Dec. 29, 2021. Find that audio here. Climate change is forcing the insurance industry to adapt and come up with new products. One experiment is testing ...

The Gulf of Mexico’s coral reefs are in hot water—quite literally. A new study from researchers at Rice University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Louisiana State University found that as ...

Coral reefs off the Texas coast are in dire need of attention. As temperatures in parts of the Gulf of Mexico increase, coral reef ecosystems are in danger of coral bleaching — when algae leave the ...

Coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef, are suffering. But some of the world’s healthiest reefs are found in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Associated Press. About 100 miles off the Texas ...

Coral reefs support 25 percent of all marine life around the globe. Those in the Gulf of Mexico, along the coasts of Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Mexico, might be less known and less popular among ...