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Study Uncovers a Predictable Sequence Toward Coral Reef Collapse
September 28, 2011 — Coral reefs that have lots of corals and appear healthy may, in fact, be heading toward collapse, according to a new ... > full story -
Fish Uses Tool to Dig Up and Crush Clams
September 28, 2011 — The first video of tool use by a fish has now been published. In the video, an orange-dotted tuskfish digs a clam out of the sand, carries it over to a rock, and repeatedly throws the clam against ... > full story -
Captive Breeding Could Transform the Saltwater Aquarium Trade and Save Coral Reefs, Biologists Say
September 20, 2011 — Marine biologists are developing means to efficiently breed saltwater aquarium fish, seahorses, plankton and invertebrates in captivity in order to preserve the biologically rich ecosystems of the ... > full story -
Restoring Reefs: Study Underway in Underwater Lab May Help Manage Seaweed-Eating Fish That Protect Coral Reefs
September 16, 2011 — A team of researchers is using the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral ... > full story -
Honduran Earthquake of 2009 Destroyed Half of Coral Reefs of Belizean Barrier Reef Lagoon
September 12, 2011 — Earth's coral reefs have not been faring well in recent decades, facing multiple threats from pollution, disease, elevated water temperatures, and overfishing. Often referred to as the "rainforests ... > full story -
Sea Levels Much Less Stable Than Earlier Believed, New Coral Dating Method Suggests
September 11, 2011 — New evidence of sea-level oscillations during a warm period that started about 125,000 years ago raises the possibility of a similar scenario if the planet continues its more recent warming trend, ... > full story -
Tropical Coral Could Be Used to Create Novel Sunscreens for Human Use, Say Scientists
August 30, 2011 — Researchers have discovered how coral produces natural sunscreen compounds to protect itself from damaging UV rays, leading scientists to believe these compounds could form the basis of a new type of ... > full story -
'Proton Flux Hypothesis' Offers New Explanation for Effects of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs
August 30, 2011 — A researcher in Hawaii has come up with a new explanation for the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs: the "proton flux hypothesis" is that calcification of coral skeletons are dependent on ... > full story -
Florida's Reefs Cannot Endure a 'Cold Snap'
August 26, 2011 — Florida's corals dropped in numbers due to unseasonably cold weather conditions in 2010. The chilly January temperatures caused the most catastrophic loss of corals within the Florida Reef Tract, ... > full story -
Human Pathogen Killing Corals in the Florida Keys
August 17, 2011 — A research team has identified human sewage as the source of the coral-killing pathogen that causes white pox disease of Caribbean elkhorn coral. Once the most common coral in the Caribbean, elkhorn ... > full story
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