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Ocean Acidification Could Have Broad Effects On Marine Ecosystems
December 17, 2008 — Concern about increasing ocean acidification has often focused on its potential effects on coral reefs, but broader disruptions of biological processes in the oceans may be more significant, ... > full story -
Time Running Out On Coral Reefs As Climate Change Becomes Increasing Threat
December 10, 2008 — Increasing pressures from climate change will reach a tipping point in less than a decade, triggering a significant decline in the health of the planet's coral reef ecosystems according to the ... > full story -
Socioeconomic Study On Coral Reefs Points To Challenges Of Coastal Resource Management
December 10, 2008 — A new report reviews the social and economic ramifications of healthy coral reefs in 27 tropical nations and points to the inability of coastal managers to effectively implement decades-old ... > full story -
Mistaken Identity Leads Researchers To Two New Extinct Species Of Coral
December 8, 2008 — Scientists have made an unexpected discovery that links corals of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. A new species of fossil coral -- some 6 million years old -- has been found on the Island of ... > full story -
Light Pollution Offers New Global Measure Of Coral Reef Health
November 24, 2008 — Scientists unveil the first global index correlating night light with threats to coral reefs. The Lights Proximity Index offers a new tool for conservation and for studying the direct and indirect ... > full story -
Ocean Acidification In The Caribbean Significant, Yet Variable
November 21, 2008 — A new study, which confirms significant ocean acidification across much of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, reports strong natural variations in ocean chemistry in some parts of the Caribbean that ... > full story -
Finding Baby Critically Endangered Goliath Grouper Fish Hiding In Mangroves With Help Of High-Tech Sonogram
November 20, 2008 — Researchers have announced the world's first use of an acoustic underwater camera to survey juveniles of goliath grouper in mangrove ... > full story -
Urgent Action On International Coral Reef Crisis Urged
November 10, 2008 — Coral reef scientists and policy makers from the world's most prominent coral reef nations are meeting in Australia this week to develop urgent action plans to rescue the world's richest center of ... > full story -
Coral Bleaching Disturbs Structure Of Fish Communities
October 28, 2008 — There is no longer any shadow of a doubt about the impact of global warming on coral reefs. A rise of a few degrees in sea surface temperature induces the expulsion of essential microscopic algae ... > full story -
Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels 'Will Hit Coral Reefs Harder'
October 28, 2008 — Rising carbon dioxide levels in the world's oceans could deliver a disastrous blow to the ability of coral reefs to withstand climate change. A major new investigation by Australian scientists has ... > full story
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