Study: South Pacific coral islands hold size or grow despite sea-level rise over past 60 years

Study: Coral atolls hold on despite sea-level rise

A summary of May 17 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Deep sea oil plumes, chemical dispersants pose risks for the Gulf’s coral reefs, food chain

Deep sea oil plumes, dispersants endanger reefs

Deep beneath the Gulf, oil may already be wreaking havoc on sea life, contaminating food chain

Deep beneath the Gulf, oil may be wreaking havoc

Gulf oil spill balloons at alarming rate as sheen snakes along coast, threatens to move east