The Arctic Futures Game and the Coral Futures Game do more than teach environmental science. They immerse players in fragile ecosystems and show how individual and collective choices can help protect them.

Research shows respiration rates fluctuate throughout the day, revealing underestimation of reef primary production

ASU's online Master of Science in Coastal and Marine Science and Management prepares you to protect our oceans and coastal ecosystems. You'll learn the skills to lead sustainable solutions for marine conservation while shaping the future of coastal communities.

We are losing species to extinction faster than ever before. Around 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction.

Three-year study seeks to evaluate the potential of artificial upwelling and identify depth and intensity scenarios that mitigate coral bleaching effectively with minimal risk of unwanted side effects.

Researchers in Bermuda have released a new study on how corals absorb light in different conditions.

The risk of severe coral bleaching—a condition in which corals lose their symbiotic algae, called zooxanthellae—is five times more frequent today than it was forty years ago. Coral bleaching is a direct result of global warming, where rising temperatures cause marine heat waves, which place stress on the living coral animals, as well as the photosynthetic algae on which they depend for energy. This heat stress causes the algae to malfunction, at which point they are expelled by the corals, causing the organisms to lose their color and appear white (thus the term coral “bleaching”).

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As the shipwreck capital of the world, Bermuda is known for its treacherous reefs. But these unique corals may also offer clues to heightened resilience in the face of a changing climate. Working at the edge of science – and living at the edge of the ocean – experts study and protect these islands and reefs they call home.

In early 2021, Nicole Burt, then 22 years old, was in her fourth year of graduate studies at the University of Southampton in England. She was close to finishing her integrated master’s degree in marine biology and was putting final touches on her thesis, which focused on the effects of dissolved inorganic nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, on coral growth. Burt hoped to travel after graduation and started making plans to spend the summer conducting fieldwork in a tropical marine environment.