Fringing coral reefs in southern China previously provided valuable economic benefits to the communities, including fisheries, gleaning for seaweeds and invertebrates, and vital protection against ...

Coral reefs are classified into three types: barrier reefs, fringing reefs and atolls. Barrier reefs are offshore and are separated from the mainland by water. Fringing reefs are continuous with the ...

Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

The island is now home to up to 200,000 sea birds, which have helped to regenerate the coral reef fringing the island. “If we can recover this small place, this little circle, we can recover ...

Ningaloo Reef is one of the largest “fringing reefs” in the world. The unfolding mass bleaching looked to be the worst since 2011, Quigley said. Ocean waters lapping Western Australia have ...