Proof of Concept is a video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most unexpected research. This story was co-published with Science Friday. While the Gulf of ...

Coral reefs in the Caribbean have been declining for decades, largely as a result of development, overfishing, and disease. An April 2012 oil spill threatened to further harm this fragile ecosystem on ...

A UB coral scientist gardened this past spring on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor. Researchers from UB, the University of Rhode Island and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spent ...

A survey of the seafloor near BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico has turned up dead and dying coral reefs that were probably damaged by the oil spill, scientists said Friday. The coral sites ...

A sweeping survey of coral communities surrounding the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico shows that the catastrophe had a wider effect than scientists thought four years ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Nearly two years after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig blowout, researchers have uncovered a ...