Since late 2014, the Mexican Caribbean coast has periodically received massive, atypical
influxes of pelagic Sargassum spp.(sargasso). Negative impacts associated with these …

Ocean warming has severe impacts on coral reef ecosystems with frequent incidences of
coral bleaching. In addition, eutrophication poses an increasing threat to coral reef …

Diseases are major drivers of the deterioration of coral reefs and are linked to major
declines in coral abundance, reef functionality, and reef-related ecosystems services. An …

A stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) outbreak, first widely reported in 2014 in the
Southeast Florida Ecosystem Conservation Area (Coral ECA), has continued to impact stony …

The mass die‐off of Caribbean corals has transformed many of this region's reefs to
macroalgal‐dominated habitats since systematic monitoring began in the 1970s. Although …

Anthropogenic and natural disturbances have modified coral reef ecosystems over the last
decades, ultimately, exerting negative impacts on the persistence of the carbonated matrix …

Technological innovations that improve the speed, scale, reproducibility, and accuracy of
monitoring surveys will allow for a better understanding of the global decline in tropical reef …

The ecology and structure of many tropical coral reefs have been markedly altered over the
past few decades. Although long‐term recovery has been observed in terms of coral cover, it …

Observations of coral reef losses to climate change far exceed our understanding of
historical degradation before anthropogenic warming. This is a critical gap to fill as …

Coral‐reef degradation is driving global‐scale reductions in reef‐building capacity and the
ecological, geological, and socioeconomic functions it supports. The persistence of those …