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Ancient Deep-Sea Coral Reefs Off Southeastern US Serve As Underwater 'Islands' In The Gulf Stream
May 19, 2008 — Largely unexplored deep-sea coral reefs, some perhaps hundreds of thousands of years old, off the coast of the southeastern US are not only larger than expected but also home to commercially valuable ... > full story -
Fish Diet To Avoid Fights With Slightly Larger Rivals
May 12, 2008 — People diet to look more attractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown out of their social group and getting eaten as a result. Researchers have discovered that subordinate gobis ... > full story -
Will Corals Survive The Stormy Future?
April 28, 2008 — Hurricanes and storms limit the ability of corals in Belize to "recruit" new coral into their communities, according to a new study in Marine Environmental Research. Coral reefs --- which can grow to ... > full story -
New Model Predicts Where Corals Can Thrive
April 16, 2008 — Scientists have developed a new model that accurately maps where coral reefs are in the most trouble, and identifies regions where reefs can be protected best. The model is being applied in areas ... > full story -
Bikini Corals Recover From Atomic Blast, Although Some Species Missing
April 15, 2008 — Half a century after the last earth-shattering atomic blast shook the Pacific atoll of Bikini, the corals are flourishing again. Some coral species, however, appear to be locally extinct. One of the ... > full story -
Coral Reefs And Climate Change: Microbes Could Be The Key To Coral Death
April 1, 2008 — Coral reefs could be dying out because of changes to the microbes that live in them just as much as from the direct rise in temperature caused by global warming, according to scientists. Tropical ... > full story -
Delicate Partnership Between Coral And Algae Threatened By Global Warming
March 24, 2008 — Over two hundred million humans depend for their subsistence on the fact that coral has an addiction to "junk food" -- and orders its partners, the symbiotic algae, to make it. This curious ... > full story -
Rabbit Fish To The Rescue Of The Reef
March 19, 2008 — While rabbits continue to ravage Australia's native landscapes, rabbit fish may help save large areas of the Great Barrier Reef from destruction. The reason, say scientists, is the same in both cases ... > full story -
Breath Of The Ocean Links Fish Feeding, Reefs, Climate
March 6, 2008 — An ocean odor that affects global climate also gathers reef fish to feed as they "eavesdrop" on events that might lead them to food. DMSP is given off by algae and phytoplankton, microscopic ... > full story -
Tiny Polyps Need Two Kinds Of Carbon To Survive Coral Bleaching
March 4, 2008 — How well ocean reefs recover from the growing damage caused by warming sea temperatures depends both on how much the tiny coral polyps can eat, and how healthy they can keep the microscopic algae ... > full story
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