The Red Sea’s Coral Reefs Defy the Climate-Change Odds. As warming waters devastate coral around the world, the sea’s stunningly colorful reefs have been remarkably resilient.

While direct transplantation of Red Sea corals to other reefs may not be an option, Levy stresses the significance of leveraging insights gained from Red Sea coral research. By studying these ...

But Red Sea coral reefs, unlike those elsewhere, were “highly tolerant to rising sea temperatures”, said Mahmoud Hanafy, professor of marine biology at Egypt’s Suez Canal University.

TEL AVIV >> A sea-borne pandemic that wiped out sea urchin populations in the Red Sea has spread and is taking out the species in parts of the Indian Ocean and could go global, scientists in ...

More information: Elamurugu Alias Gokul et al, Remotely sensing coral bleaching in the Red Sea, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2025). DOI: 10.1002/rse2.70000 ...

Fish and coral in the Red Sea, near the southern city of Eilat. (Prof. Maoz Fine) While they cover less than a percent of the ocean floor, coral reefs are home to more than a quarter of marine life.

Researchers have discovered a giant coral colony on the north-western coast of Saudi Arabia, in a part of the Red Sea that is being developed as a luxury tourist resort.

A release adds: “Much of the Red Sea has experienced major disturbances resulting from climate change in recent years, including widespread coral bleaching and mortality.

Hidden in the coral and rocky caves of the Red Sea, a new species of “grumpy” sea creature was discovered. Iryna Marienko via Unsplash It was 2012, and a meme-worthy cat with a pout took the ...

More information: Elamurugu Alias Gokul et al, Remotely sensing coral bleaching in the Red Sea, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2025). DOI: 10.1002/rse2.70000.