Coral Reef News

Posted June 8, 2011:

• Dangerous Toxin Discovered in Critically Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Ocean Acidification Leaves Clownfish Deaf to Predators

Posted May 29, 2011:

• Ocean Acidification Will Likely Reduce Diversity, Resiliency in Coral Reef Ecosystems

Posted April 7, 2011:

• Ancient Corals Provide Insight on the Future of Caribbean Reefs

Posted April 5, 2011:

• World's Reef Fishes Tussling With Human Overpopulation

Posted March 22, 2011:

• Conservationists Develop Coral 'Stress Test' to Identify Reefs More Likely to Survive Climate Change

Posted March 21, 2011:

• Fish Know to Avoid the Spear
• Ecosystem-Wide Framework for Monitoring Coral Reef Fisheries Can Be Used on Global Scale

Posted March 17, 2011:

• New Tool to Monitor Coral Reef 'Vital Signs'

Posted March 10, 2011:

• Weed-Eating Fish 'Key to Reef Survival'

Posted February 23, 2011:

• Semporna Area on Island of Borneo, Malaysia, May Have Richest Marine Biodiversity in the World

Posted February 22, 2011:

• Coral 'Network' Can Protect Asia-Pacific Fish Stocks, Study Suggests

Posted February 15, 2011:

• Extinction Predictor to Help Protect Coral Reefs

Posted February 14, 2011:

• Acid Oceans Demand Greater Reef Care

Posted February 8, 2011:

• Weather Extremes Are Growing Trend in Northern Australia, Corals Show

Posted February 7, 2011:

• Rowdy Residents Warn Crustaceans Away from Perilous Reefs

Posted February 4, 2011:

• Blenny Bonanza: Seven New Species of Fish Revealed by Genetic Analysis

Posted February 2, 2011:

• New Gift from Mother Nature’s Medicine Chest May Help Prevent and Treat Bone Diseases

Posted January 26, 2011:

• Fluorescent Color of Coral Larvae Predicts Whether They'll Settle or Swim; Finding Could Help Scientists Monitor How Corals Adapt to Global Warming

Posted January 14, 2011:

• Sea Urchins Destroy Reef Building Algae in Overfished Sites on Kenya's Coast

Posted December 16, 2010:

• Restoration Activities Speed Seagrass Recovery in the Florida Keys

Posted December 15, 2010:

• Small Islands in the Pacific: Duel Between Freshwater and Sea Water

Posted December 7, 2010:

• Conditioning Coral Reefs for the Future

Posted December 2, 2010:

• To Be or Not to Be Endangered? Listing of Rare Hawaiian Coral Species Called Into Question

Posted December 1, 2010:

• Effects of El Nino Land South Pacific Reef Fish in Hot Water

Posted November 29, 2010:

• Location, Location, Location: Some Coral Reefs Less Vulnerable to Rising Sea Temperatures

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Scientists Call for Protection of Australia's Subtropic Seas

Posted November 16, 2010:

• Heat Stress to Caribbean Corals in 2005 Worst on Record; Caribbean Reef Ecosystems May Not Survive Repeated Stress

Posted November 13, 2010:

• Rare Cold Water Coral Ecosystem Discovered Off Coast of Mauritania

Posted November 8, 2010:

• New Ocean Acidification Study Shows Added Danger to Already Struggling Coral Reefs

Posted November 5, 2010:

• Creating 'Living' Buildings

Posted October 20, 2010:

• Coral Algae (Symbiodinium) Discovered in Black Corals at Never Seen Before Depths
• Worst Coral Death Strikes at Southeast Asia

Posted October 12, 2010:

• Regional Sea Temperature Rise and Coral Bleaching Event in Western Caribbean

Posted October 11, 2010:

• Climate Change Remains a Real Threat to Corals
• Coral Records Show Ocean Thermocline Rise With Global Warming

Posted October 8, 2010:

• Turtle, Dugongs 'at Risk Under Climate Change'

Posted October 7, 2010:

• Call to Heal the World's Coral Reefs

Posted October 4, 2010:

• Deep-Sea Coral Reefs Discovered in Mediterranean

Posted September 23, 2010:

• Coral Bleaching Likely in Caribbean This Year

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Taking the Pulse of Coral Reefs

Posted August 31, 2010:

• Extensive Relict Coral Reef Found in Southern Pacific

Posted August 25, 2010:

• Coral Off Puerto Rico's Coast 'Ideal Case Study' for Gulf Oil Spill's Impact

Posted August 18, 2010:

• Creation of the First Frozen Repository for Hawaiian Coral
• How Corals Fight Back

Posted August 16, 2010:

• Massive Coral Mortality Following Bleaching in Indonesia

Posted August 6, 2010:

• NOAA Divers Capture Invasive Lionfish in the Virgin Islands National Park

Posted August 3, 2010:

• Human Noise Pollution in Ocean Can Lead Fish Away from Good Habitats and Off to Their Death

Posted August 2, 2010:

• The Evolutionary Origins of Coral Sex

Posted July 29, 2010:

• Super-Rare 'Elkhorn' Coral Found in Pacific

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