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Coral Reef Decline Not Just Overfishing
August 30, 2005 Scientists widely agree that coral reefs are in declining. As featured in Geology in its September 2005 issue, a team led by Richard Aronson of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab took cores of reefs in ... > full story -
Sea Level More Variable Than Previously Thought
April 28, 2005 Sea level may be far more variable over shorter periods of time than can be explained by natural variations in the Earth's orbit. Scientists using a new method of dating fossil coral reefs have ... > full story -
Scientists' Pied Piper Approach May Have Found Nemo Faster
April 24, 2005 Finding Nemo might have been easier had his family used 'pied piper' techniques being developed by an international team of marine biologists led by the University of ... > full story -
Research Shows Overfishing Of Sharks Key Factor In Coral Reef Decline
April 11, 2005 Their position at the pinnacle of the marine food chain is legendary. Now, understanding sharks and their significance as top predators—and the consequences of human activity towards ... > full story -
Marine Researchers Deliver Blueprint For Rescuing America's Troubled Coral Reefs
March 23, 2005 An international team of marine ecologists is urging the United States to take immediate action to save its fragile coral reefs. Their message is contained a strongly worded essay titled, "Are ... > full story -
New Species Of Coral Discovered Off Southern California
February 12, 2005 A new species of black coral has been discovered off southern California, including around the Channel Islands, by Milton Love, University of California, Santa Barbara marine researcher, and Mary ... > full story -
Blasted Coral Reefs Need Tender, Low-Cost Care
February 4, 2005 Blast or dynamite fishing creates a loss of sustainable fishery income, coastal protection, and tourism that is more than 50 times higher than the short-term benefits from the fish caught. This ... > full story -
Recently Discovered Reef Is Deepest Known Off Continental U.S.
January 4, 2005 A team of scientists has determined that a coral reef discovered in 1999 is the deepest reef ever found off the continental U.S., the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced today. The reef lies in ... > full story -
New Worldwide Coral Reef Library Created
December 8, 2004 A collection of 1,490 coral reef images has become the basis for a new Internet- based library for the Millennium Coral Reef Project. It was created in a partnership with NASA, international ... > full story -
One-Way Processes Speed Degradation Of Coral Reefs
November 4, 2004 Efforts to protect coral reefs should be refocused on terminating self-reinforcing processes that accelerate degradation of these biological marvels, according to a Forum article published in the ... > full story
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