Adrienne Correa sucked in a breath as she slipped on her wet suit 115 miles offshore of Galveston — but it had nothing to do with preparing for her 70-foot dive to the coral reef at the Flower Garden ...

Coral in the world’s oceans is under pressure from several fronts. Scientists have now found that when salinity levels in the ocean change dramatically, which may occur because of freshwater flooding, ...

New research confirms that drastic changes in ocean salinity from, for example, severe freshwater flooding, as recently experienced off the coast of north-east Queensland from abnormal monsoonal ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Proximity to land and sources of freshwater expose fishes residing on inshore reefs to fluctuating environmental conditions (e.g. high ...

Ten million baby oysters tumbled onto the Wade Reef in the Severn River on Thursday, the spot where environmentalists hope they will grow, provide habitat and filter the water for years to come.

SAN LEON, Texas – It’s been nearly a year since Hurricane Harvey battered the oyster population off the coast of Galveston County. Excessive rainfall and freshwater runoff depleted salinity levels in ...

When most people plan to start their first ever saltwater and reef aquarium they have a notion that water parameters in a saltwater environment is a difficult topic. However, I believe this is just a ...

In a bid to find out how the Great Barrier Reef will be affected by climate change, scientists are using elephant seals to collect data from the ocean around Antarctica. The seals have sensors glued ...

Polluted runoff is still smothering the Great Barrier Reef, our first national assessment of water quality trends in Australian rivers has revealed. The problem on the reef is getting worse, not ...