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Coral Reefs Inspire Rare Consensus Just Save Them
One of the first set of
studies to examine what
tourists and recreation
enthusiasts actually think
about coral reef ecosystems
suggests they are a rare
... > full story
Marine Lab Team Seeks To Understand Coral Bleaching
With technology similar to
that used by physicians to
perform magnetic resonance
imaging scans, researchers
are studying the metabolic
activity of a pathogen shown
... > full story
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Among Healthiest Coral Reefs In Gulf Of Mexico
Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary is among
the healthiest coral reef
ecosystems in the tropical
Caribbean and Gulf of
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Coral Bleaching Increases Chances Of Coral Disease
Mass coral bleaching has
devastated coral colonies
around the world for almost
three decades. Now
scientists have found that
bleaching can make corals
... > full story
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Sponges Recycle Carbon To Give Life To Coral Reefs
November 13, 2009 — Coral reefs live in some of the most nutrient deficient waters on the planet, so how do they survive? Marine biologists have discovered that certain sponges could be the key to reef survival. They ... > full story -
Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning
November 4, 2009 — Biologists have explained why corals spawn for just a few nights in some places but elsewhere string out their love life over many months. A new study shows that corals spawn when regional wind ... > full story -
Ocean Acidification: Impact On Key Organisms Of Oceanic Fauna May Be Worse Than Predicted
September 17, 2009 — In addition to global warming, carbon dioxide emissions cause another, less well-known but equally serious and worrying phenomenon: ocean acidification. Researchers have just demonstrated that key ... > full story -
Global Warming Causes Outbreak Of Rare Algae Associated With Corals, Study Finds
September 13, 2009 — Scientists have found a rare species of algae that is tolerant of stressful environmental conditions and that proliferated in Caribbean corals when the corals' more-sensitive algae were being ... > full story -
Coralline Algae In The Mediterranean Lost Their Tropical Element Between 5 And 7 Million Years Ago
August 31, 2009 — Scientists have studied the coralline algae fossils that lived on the last coral reefs of the Mediterranean Sea between 7.24 and 5.3 million years ago. Mediterranean algae and coral reefs began to ... > full story -
Ocean Health Plays Vital Role In Coral Reef Recovery
August 11, 2009 — A new study shows that bleached corals bounce back to normal growth rates more quickly when they have clean water and plentiful sea life at their ... > full story -
Shipwrecks Wrecking Coral Reefs? A Case Study At Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
August 6, 2009 — For the first time, researchers have definitively shown that shipwrecks and other man-made structures increase the potential for large invasions of unwanted species into coral reefs, even ... > full story -
Coral Reefs Face Increasing Difficulties Recovering From Storm Damage
August 4, 2009 — As global warming whips up more powerful and frequent hurricanes and storms, the world's coral reefs face increased disruption to their ability to breed and recover from damage. "We have found clear ... > full story -
Coral Bleaching Likely In Caribbean
July 27, 2009 — Scientists say conditions are favorable for significant coral bleaching and infectious coral disease outbreaks in the Caribbean, especially in the Lesser Antilles. Similar conditions may develop in ... > full story -
Coral Reefs Exposed To Imminent Destruction From Climate Change
July 16, 2009 — Leading ocean scientists and climate change experts agreed on a new level of atmospheric carbon dioxide that would need to be achieved to ensure the survival of coral ... > full story
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