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New Coral Bleaching Prediction System Calls For Low Level Of Bleaching In Caribbean This Year
July 10, 2008 A new coral bleaching prediction system indicates that there will be some bleaching in the Caribbean later this year, but the event will probably not be severe. The system also suggests that there is ... > full story -
One-Third Of Reef-Building Corals Face Extinction
July 10, 2008 A third of reef-building corals around the world are threatened with extinction, according to the first-ever comprehensive global assessment to determine their conservation status, published in ... > full story -
New Coral Reefs Teeming With Marine Life Discovered In Brazil
July 8, 2008 New coral reef system discovered in Brazil doubles the size of Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and most diverse reef ... > full story -
Half Of US Coral Reefs In 'Poor' Or 'Fair' Condition, NOAA Report States
July 7, 2008 Nearly half of U.S. coral reef ecosystems are considered to be in "poor" or "fair" condition according to a new NOAA analysis of the health of coral reefs under US jurisdiction. The NOAA report says ... > full story -
Smithsonian Coral Biodiversity Survey Of Panama's Pearl Islands
July 7, 2008 A comprehensive survey of coral biodiversity in Panama's Las Perlas Archipelago has resulted in clear conservation recommendations for a new coastal management ... > full story -
Acidifying Oceans Add Urgency To Carbon Dioxide Cuts
July 3, 2008 It's not just about climate change anymore. Besides loading the atmosphere with heat-trapping greenhouse gases, human emissions of carbon dioxide have also begun to alter the chemistry of the ocean. ... > full story -
Exploited Fish Make Rapid Comeback In World's Largest No-Take Marine Reserve Network
June 23, 2008 No-take marine reserves, in which fishing is completely banned, can lead to very rapid comebacks of the fish species most prized by commercial and recreational fisheries, reveals a new study of ... > full story -
Dry Tortugas Show Positive Trends: Protected Area Slowly Rebounding
June 23, 2008 Thirty-eight research divers recently completed a successful 20-day biennial census to measure how the protected status of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary's Tortugas Ecological Reserve and ... > full story -
Eight-Day Undersea Mission Begins Experiment To Improve Coral Reef Restoration
June 13, 2008 Scientists have begun an eight-day mission, in which they are living and working at 60 feet below the sea surface in an underwater "space station," to determine why some species of coral colonies ... > full story -
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Clue To Mystery Crustacean In Parasite Form
May 20, 2008 First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these ... > full story
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