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4 stories for“noaa coral reef watch”

Coral Bleaching and the Reefs Divers Love: The Current State

The fourth global coral bleaching event hit 84 percent of the world's reefs. Here is what that means underwater, and what responsible diving looks like now.

Jun 18, 2026

Diving

Technical Divers Are Rebuilding Corals Where Sunlight Barely Reaches

NOAA teams outplanted corals at 66 meters during a 2026 Gulf mission. The work shows how advanced diving and laboratory science can restore difficult deep habitats.

Aug 2, 2026

Diving

Divers Cement Storm-Torn Corals Back Onto Hawaii's Reefs While a 45-Day Clock Runs

After hurricanes Lala and Lowell, Hawaii's emergency reef network is reattaching broken coral with cement and steel frames, and a Kauai response targeted more than 2,000 colonies before they died.

Oct 25, 2026

Diving

Bleached Corals Recovered After Touching a Healthy Clone, Stanford Lab Study Finds

Fragments of one coral species regained their algae within days or weeks of contact with a genetically identical healthy partner, though the trick is unlikely to work on whole reefs.

Oct 15, 2026