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Coral-Eating Sea Star Invaders Turn out to Be Locals
February 21, 2012 — Researchers have disproven the secondary outbreak hypothesis in the Central Pacific. One of the greatest biological threats to tropical coral reefs can be a population outbreak of crown-of-thorns ... > full story -
Staghorn Coral Transplanted to Threatened Reef
February 17, 2012 — In a delicate operation at sea, healthy staghorn coral were transplanted to a threatened reef off Florida's Broward County ... > full story -
Coral Survival's Past Is Key to Its Future
February 14, 2012 — To predict the extinction risk of reef-building corals, researchers are examining past events to gain insight into how these corals today may fare through climate ... > full story -
Where Big Fish Take Shelter Has Big Impact on Their Ability to Cope With Climate Change
February 13, 2012 — The choices big fish make on where to shelter could have a major influence on their ability to cope with climate change, say scientists. In research aimed at understanding the process of fish ... > full story -
Why Fishermen Keep Fishing Despite Dwindling Catches
February 9, 2012 — Half of fishermen would not give up their livelihood in the face of drastically declining catches, according to new research. A new report challenges previously held notions about poverty and ... > full story -
Heat and Cold Damage Corals in Their Own Ways
February 2, 2012 — Around the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures. While warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, ... > full story -
Long-Term Response Plan for Possible Cuban Oil Spill
January 30, 2012 — Researchers are working on long-term sustainability study to prepare for an oil spill that could catastrophically impact ... > full story -
Detecting Detrimental Change in Coral Reefs
January 26, 2012 — Over dinner on R.V. Calypso while anchored on the lee side of Glover's Reef in Belize, Jacques Cousteau told Phil Dustan that he suspected humans were having a negative impact on coral reefs. Dustan ... > full story -
Lessons in Coral Reef Survival from Deep Time
January 23, 2012 — Lessons from tens of millions of years ago are pointing to new ways to save and protect today's coral reefs and their myriad of beautiful and many-hued fishes at a time of huge change in the Earth's ... > full story -
Unprecedented, Human-Made Trends in Ocean's Acidity
January 22, 2012 — Recent carbon dioxide emissions have pushed the level of seawater acidity far above the range of the natural variability that existed for thousands of years, affecting the calcification rates of ... > full story
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