The highly anticipated book, Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific, from New World Publications will be launched in Asia by DiveBooks.Net on October 25th
Through an exclusive Aggressor Fleet live-aboard program, divers can learn about our diverse coral reef ecosystems, support future research and earn a Reef Ambassador Specialty Certification
Balikpapan Bay in East Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo, is home to a diverse marine ecosystem that is being threatened by a new bridge development
UK based underwater photography equipment specialists Ocean Optics and The Underwater Studio have opened what is believed to be the world's first purpose designed set for teaching and practicing...
our sculptures in human forms, made of concrete, will be submerged in November in the Mexican Caribbean - the first of 400 figures that will comprise the world's largest underwater museum
A federal panel has protected 23,000 square miles of deepwater corals, believed to be the world's largest such ecosystem, off the coast of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida
A new study has shed light on the extent and causes behind the oceans’ quickly vanishing seagrass meadows, a vital resource for thousands of species of marine life
Emergency plans to counteract global warming by artificially shading the Earth from incoming sunlight might lower the planet's temperature a few degrees, but such "geoengineering" solutions would...
Banning or restricting the use of certain types of fishing gear could help the world’s coral reefs and their fish populations survive the onslaughts of climate change
Tiffany & Co. unveiled new store windows with an “Under the Sea” theme, designed to raise awareness about the damage coral harvesting inflicts on critically important marine ecosystems
Coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been comprehensively 'flattened' over the last 40 years, according to a disturbing new study by the University of East Anglia
Advances in the study of coral in the last few years has led a group of scientists to conclude that corals almost rival humans in their genetic complexity and their relationship to algae is key to...
A ‘spectacular’ series of cold-water coral reefs have been found off the west coast of Ireland, some rising 100 meters (330 feet) from the seabed, scientists said
Leaders of six Coral Triangle countries promised to take action to safeguard the world’s richest marine resource and some 100 million people depending on it.
Manado Indonesia is hosting the World Ocean Conference this week. The WWF released a report at the conference on the state of the reefs in the Coral Triangle, the most bio-diverse marine region in...
The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today a study showing that some coral reefs off East Africa are unusually resilient to climate change due to improved fisheries management and a...
Marine scientists say they are astonished at the spectacular recovery of certain coral reefs in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park from a devastating coral bleaching event 3 years ago
Asia Dive Expo 2009 (ADEX) will be held in conjunction with Boat Asia 2009. Both events will be held from 23 to 26 April, 2009 at the world-class Marina at Keppel Bay
Another report about the underwater photographic experiences of South East Asia by DPG editor Matt Weiss. This time in Palawan, Philippines where he enjoys "botanical diving"
A new study by researchers from UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) sheds light on how threats to the world's endangered coral reef ecosystems can be...
The continued discharge of untreated sewage into waters off Kenting National Park in southern Taiwan is responsible for the deterioration of coral reefs off Kenting
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources has formally notified the U.S. Navy that the State of Hawaii has identified substantial coral reef damage caused by the grounding of the guided...
Deep-sea corals are the oldest living animals with a skeleton in the seas, claims new research that found a 4,265-year-old coral species off the coast of Hawaii
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, the Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) found vast scatters of coral reefs along the coastal belt of Balochistan
The number of fish living in Caribbean reefs has dropped significantly since 1995, after decades of stability, and is likely due to a significant loss of coral
Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the resulting effects on ocean water are making it increasingly difficult for coral reefs to grow, say scientists
Jonathan Bird Productions is pleased to announce that its latest film, Secrets of the Reef, will be shown at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, March...
The Symposium aims to foster interaction among all concerned academicians, practitioners, and researchers from different disciplines working on underwater science and research
Did you know that there are over 100 identified species of nudibranchs in California? Neither did we. Mike Bartick takes on on an underwater photography journey to going Nudi in California
the first expedition using state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicles to survey, map and identify large areas of the ocean bottom, researchers discovered three previously unknown Lophelia...
Indonesia's coral reefs damaged by the 2004 tsunami are recovering rapidly, helped by natural colonization and a drop in illegal fishing, scientists say
We are pleased to announce a special DPG Expedition to some of the best reefs of Papua New Guinea. Join DPG publisher Jason Heller in this underwater photographer or videographer paradise
Skin Elements USA, LLC. will distribute its line of sunscreen products using WylandA‚A® artwork and in return a portion of all proceeds will be donated to the WylandA‚A® Foundation.
What began as an homage to achievement in the field of coral reef geology has evolved into the discovery of an unexpected link between corals of the Pacific and Atlantic.
DPG editor Matt Weiss continues his report on the underwater photography opportunities of South East Asia with an installment on Asia Divers and El Galleon Resort in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
Indiana University archaeologists have won a $200,000 grant to turn the wreckage of a ship pirate Captain Kidd is believed to have commandeered and three other Caribbean sites into "living museums"...
Highly prized for its meat and decorative shell the giant clam had virtually disappeared from the Philippines, fished out by local and foreign fishermen.
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 centre of...
Research work reported on recently by an international research team*, including an IRD scientist, brought out evidence of the impact on the fish communities of a mass bleaching event resulting...
How often has the question been asked, "How many different creatures live in the sea", and who, if anyone, has been able to provide and answer? Well, Rick Morris is an underwater film maker working...
DPG spent Friday evening at the 2008 DEMA Awards dinner. This year was especially significant as many underwater photographers & cinematographers were honored, including Marty Snyderman who...
National Geographic magazine photographer Brian Skerry will be giving a presentation at National Geographic titled "Crucial Waters - Reporting on the world's oceans"
NYUPS member Cagatay Erciyes, a career Turkish diplomat and a hobbyist underwater photographer featured an underwater photo exhibition entitled "Colors of Oceans through a diplomat's lens" at the...
How much carbon dioxide is too much? According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) greenhouse gases in the atmosphere need to be stabilized at levels low enough to...
The organizers of the Eilat Red Sea Underwater Images of the World competition (formerly known as Sandisk Red Sea) have officially begun accepting entries to the 4th Annual International competition
In the first installment of DivePhotoGuide's guide to South East Asia, Matt Weiss highlights the macro life of Bali in Part 1 of his two part guide to this Indonesian paradise
Researchers from NOAA, Auburn University, George Mason University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, and Mote Marine Laboratory will look for evidence of coral disease and bleaching at...
Two years ago with fanfare, President Bush declared a remote chain of Hawaiian islands the biggest, most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world. It hasn't worked out that way.
DPG editor Matt Weiss urges you to watch BBC's Life in Cold Blood to see amazing underwater footage of many animals we don't associate with underwater videography
The cement that buttresses coral reefs, giving them the strength to withstand crashing waves and other onslaughts, may stop forming as oceans acidify under increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Almost half the coral reef ecosystems in United States territory are in poor or fair condition, mostly because of rising ocean temperatures, according to a government report released recently.
No-take marine reserves where fishing is banned can have benefits that extend beyond the exploited fishes they are specifically designed to protect, according to new evidence
A life spent swimming in the Caribbean sounds ideal, but good luck convincing the resident fish. Already confronted by overfishing, coral bleaching and increasing amounts of sediment, nitrates, and...
Keri Wilk reports on his trip to Komodo with Archipelago Fleet, a prize he won for taking 2nd place in the Macro Traditional category at Our World Underwater 2008
Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast...
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 U.S. jurisdiction
We are pleased to announce another DPG Expedition to Indonesia. This adventure to eastern Indonesia will focus on the most bio-diverse coral reefs in the world, as we combine the wonders of Raja...
Matt Weiss has been trotting around Southeast Asia on an extended assignment for DPG, visiting some of the most bio-diverse areas in Indonesia, Philppines and Malaysia. Internet access has been an...
Climate change threatens to devastate coral reef fish populations and increase the likelihood of fishery collapses, Australian researchers warned on Monday
During a time when "Australia links organized crime to illegal fishing", the Queensland, Australia Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries is creating a dedicated shark fishery of their own.
An international fund that aids sustainable environment projects has committed US$63 million to help preserve Southeast Asia's Coral Triangle from overfishing and climate change.
Contrary to expectations, a microscopic plant that lives in oceans around the world may thrive in the changing ocean conditions of the coming decades, a team of scientists reported Thursday...
A marine conservation organization wants to use rubble from the existing Interstate 10 bridge over Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana to create two artificial reefs that would attract more fish to the...
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth have developed a new scientific model that accurately maps where coral reefs are in the...
Coral is again flourishing in the crater left by the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated by the United States, 54 years after the blast on Bikini Atoll, marine scientists said on Tuesday.
Coastal villagers who plant and sell corals are being ripped off by exporters who pay them only $150-$200 a week compared to the annual turnovers of $1.5m-$2m the companies recorded.
World-renowned Author/Photographers, Anna and Ned DeLoach will be giving presentations about reef fish and creature identification, their behaviors, and underwater environmental concerns as well as...
As the result of an invitation that was extended by Governor Togiola Tulafono during the most recent US Coral Reef Task Force meeting in Washington, DC, world-renowned ocean and wildlife artist and...
In celebration of International Year of the Reef 2008, Reef Check Australia and Project AWARE have formed a partnership to present the "What do coral reefs mean to you?" photography competition.
Two OceansWatch volunteers, writer Crystal Lawrence, and photographer/Marine biologist Vince Kerr have combined to bring you this elucidating article on Coral Reefs and what YOU can do to assist...
The fragile and unique marine ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands encompassed by the PapahA„A?naumokuA„A?kea Marine National Monument will receive additional protection under a new...
With the widening of the Panama Canal scheduled to be completed in 2014, Port Everglades and other East Coast harbors have drawn up expansion plans to accommodate the huge freighters expected to...
Much to the excitement of marine ecologists, new coral reefs have been discovered in Shanyuan Bay off Taitung, a local biodiversity researcher reported on Monday.
Territorial government officials support a measure to ban fossil-fuel based plastic shopping bags from been distributed to customers by retail stores and markets in American Samoa.
Environmental artist Robert Wyland, who will paint the last of his 100 "Whaling Walls" at the Beijing OIympic in July, will be on Saipan where he will depict coral reef in an artwork
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.
Several hundred years ago, the coral reefs of the Caribbean had up to six times more fish than they have today, according to a study published on Wednesday
Several hundred years ago, the coral reefs of the Caribbean had up to six times more fish than they have today.The estimate is made by US scientists poring over the fate of the Caribbean monk seal,...
We had the honor and privilege of being invited by David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes to attend the 104th Explorers Club Annual Dinner. The prestigious event is held each year at the Waldorf Astoria...
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council on Friday approved plans that will ban deep sea bottom trawling from 23,000 square miles of coral habitat
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...
This environmental version of the AIDS quilt is meant to draw attention to how rising temperatures and pollution are destroying the reef, the world's largest natural wonder,
While fish populations have been decimated by overfishing worldwide, a research team have recently found how the practice can also endanger coral reefs.
Scientists at the National Coral Reef Institute are currently growing more than 400 corals from the larval stage as part of NOAA-funded research, and will transplant them to restore damaged coral...
Qatar University's Environmental Studies Center (ESC), in collaboration with Qatar Petroleum (QP), has initiated the project for the introduction of artificial coral reef to encourage the growth of...
A beautiful black, white and yellow butterflyfish, much admired by eco-tourists, divers and aquarium keepers alike, may be at risk of extinction, scientists have warned.
Sri Lanka's coastal fisheries and coral reefs are being destroyed by a rapid rise in dynamite blasted 'fishing', with the lucrative practice now exploding into an organized crime involving big...
Government officials from Bonaire joined coral reef experts and managers from the United States, Mexico and France to officially inaugurate the International Year of the Reef 2008 during a news...
The vivid colours of coral reef fishes represent a 'language' that dates back at least 50 million years but is still baffling to humans in many respects, a leading fish expert concedes today.
Public awareness for the preservation of the famed Tubbataha Coral Reef off Puerto Princesa, Palawan will be the focus of the Condura Race for Tubbataha on March 2 at the Fort Bonifacio grounds in...
The first steps towards the installation of the new Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON) station on the north coast of Little Cayman will be completed in early April.
Residents are being invited to create a 15- to 22-second public service announcement for the Guam Year of the Reef 2008 Community PSA Contest using one of the following themes: "Celebrate Guam's...
Coral reef scientist Dr. Andrew C. Baker has been awarded the prestigious 2008 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation to help protect reef corals from climate change.
The Friends, a non-profit group of residents primarily in the Calabash Boom area of St. John, have long opposed the scope of Reliance's proposed development, contending runoff from the project...
Scientists aboard the research vessel, Southern Surveyor, return to Hobart today with a collection of coral samples and photographs taken in the Southern Ocean at greater depths than ever before
s 17 countries and 30 organizations launch the International Year of the Reef today, three major environmental groups - World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International -...
This species was discovered by Shai Einbinder during a fish course that was taking place at the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences of Eilat (IUI)
One of the most significant questions facing marine ecologists today, is just how much of an impact global variations in the environment are having on the dispersal of larval and juvenile marine...
Predatory starfish are swarming over one of the world's most diverse coral reef ecosystems, researchers announced, threatening the health of reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific region
Violent confrontations on the waterfront and arson attacks were an unsavory feature of the intense hunt for sponges on Florida's fragile coral reef in 1918. But the real victims were the sponges...
People have long depended on healthy oceans for food, recreation and commerce. But this irreplaceable resource is in dire trouble, say marine scientists, largely because of human impacts-from...
Coral reefs in the Caribbean have suffered significant changes due to the proximal effects of a growing human population, reports a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B
We were inspired by a video from one of our members, Lawrence Alex Wu, who participated in the post-tsunami reef cleanups. We are pleased to offer this unique glimpse into the response of dive...
Artificial reefs made of everything from oil rigs to subway cars to concrete rubble are sunk these days to the ocean floor to provide homes for marine life. But are they actually helpful
This year has been a major milestone for the St Eustatius Marine Park. It is ten years since the Marine Park first opened its office and started operations to install the first moorings for dive...
The largest living structures on Earth and the millions of livelihoods which depend upon them are at risk, the most definitive review yet of the impact of rising carbon emissions on coral reefs has...
The Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Antigua and Barbuda's national sea creature, has been identified by worldwide marine experts as an "indicator" species to show the effects of climate change.
Given...
For time beyond memory on this remote bay of neon fish and underwater gardens, people have avoided the "masalai," taboo waters, where a monster octopus might lurk or spirits dwell in coral caves....
Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Indonesia's Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing, and poisoned by cyanide.
Now they are coming...
Finally, some good news about the prospects of coral reefs in the age of climate change. According to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, corals may actually survive rising ocean...
Tel Aviv University Professor (and alumnus) Hudi Benayahu, head of TAU's Porter School of Environmental Studies, has found that soft corals, an integral and important part of reef environments, are...
A vividly coloured fish could be the key to saving the Caribbean's coral reefs from plummeting into terminal decline, scientists claim.
Their research forecasts that reefs risk being damaged...
Coral reefs would receive stronger protections under a bill the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved today.
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawai'i, the bill's sponsor and chairman of the...
A grant will fund a study of deep-water reefs in isle waters A team of Hawaii-based scientists will use a $1.4 million federal grant to study deep-water corals in the Auau Channel between Maui and...
Queensland's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says a protected coral reef off the far north Queensland coast has been deliberately damaged. EPA officers visited Hicks Island 600 kilometres...
Dr. Alexander Mustard wins 2008 Raja Ampat Tourism Entry Tag Contest - Portrait of Pygmy Seahorse will be printed on the 2008 Raja Ampat Tourism Entry tag...
More than 50 scientists of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies today declared the following statements unanimously:
uA‚A? We call on all societies and governments to immediately...
The BBVA Foundationus Third Debate on Conservation Biology allowed leading international experts to present findings of their latest research into the scale, causes and consequences of global loss...
The worldus oceans are becoming more acid, with potentially devastating consequences for corals and the marine organisms that build reefs and provide much of the Earthus breathable oxygen.
The...
Deep-water trawlers that fly a European Union country flag and wish to use huge nets and dredging to scoop up fish from sea beds outside EU waters may soon face far tighter rules that aim to...
U.S. and Philippine scientists may have discovered new marine species in the world's most biologically diverse region, their expedition leader said Tuesday.
Dr. Larry Madin, who led the Inner...
Kelp is really the largest form of algae, known as brown algae, and it really isn't dangerous despite my reaction at the time. Other marine algae include green and red varieties, and all algae...
Situated in a small archipelago just Southeast of Sulawesi, in central Indonesia, Wakatobi is truly a slice of paradise with exceptional diving and endless photo and video opportunities. So where...
Western Australia's Chief Scientist, Lynne Beazley, says the study of WA's coral reefs will assist the world to understand, and prevent, global warming.
The Australian Coral Reef Society is...
The European Union's executive, the Commission (EC), called for immediate action on Friday to protect endangered coral reefs in the deep waters of Ireland. "On the basis of scientific...
Coral reefs suffer when the lands above them are disturbed, finds new research by scientists from Hawaii to Australia. Clearcut logging, farming and development lead to erosion and runoff that...
Reef fish and other marine species can breathe easier with the introduction of a fishing ban around Apo Reef, the largest coral reef in the Philippines and the second largest contiguous reef in the...
The Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park will formally open its newest attraction this week: a coral reef exhibit will open this Saturday.
Representatives of the Southern Tier Reef Society will be on...
The Philippines has tightened laws banning fishing and collecting of species on the country's largest coral reef to help it recover from near destruction, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature said on...
Decisions made at a meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization will help cod recover and protect vulnerable cold-water corals off the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador....
The future is looking grim for coral reefs, home to bright tropical fish and a lure for tourists worldwide but also an early warning system for climate shift, leading coral scientist Ove...
In a rare example of Middle East cooperation, Israelis and Jordanians have joined together to create a string of artificial coral reefs in the Red Sea.
The international effort is meant to...
Scientists have discovered kelp forests in the tropics, raising hopes over the ability of marine life to survive global warming, according to a study.
Coral reefs were thought to be the only...
Fish species are fast disappearing from Philippine waters as delicate coral reefs, some of the biggest in the world, are destroyed in the archipelago, environmentalists warned Monday....
There are six sewage outfalls between Delray Beach and Key Largo. All together they pump about 300 million gallons of uA…aˆ?secondarily treated sewageuA‚A? into the ocean - EVERYDAY. The Delray...
A kite-sized, unmanned airplane is joining the effort to protect endangered Hawaiian monk seals and coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Managers of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine...
Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables are strung across the world's oceans, connecting continents like so many tin cans in this age of global communication.
So the fact that about 800 more...
VBrick Systems announced today that the scientists and educators from NOAAus National Marine Sanctuary Program will be streaming live reports over the Internet for a nine-day period from the...
Hemiscyllium...(your name here)
The completely singular evolutionary path this shark has taken gives it pectoral fins uniquely developed for walking. This form ofmotion, unknown in other sharks,...
A proposal that would have dumped four million gallons of treated waste water off the coast of Lake Worth may be off the table.
The waste would be dumped near a pristine coral reef.
Opponents...
IRD researchers (1) showed that Epinephilus maculates, a fairly abundant species of grouper off New Caledonia, was parasitized by 12 species of microscopic monogenean worms. This diversity of...
A team of coral researchers has taken a major stride towards revealing the workings of the mysterious uA‹A“engineu that drives Australiaus Great Barrier Reef, and corals the world over. The science...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has developed a climate change working group at its biannual meeting. At a summit in Pago Pago, American Samoa, the U.S. Coral Reef Task...
Attention all underwater photographers! Here is another chance to display your talents of capturing the beauty of the underwater world.
Oceana's Dive Program is announcing the start of an...
Located in the heart of South-east Asia, Thailand and Myanmar (a.k.a. Burma) have long been recognized for their exotic culture, stunning scenery, and fascinating historical sights. For many...
Following in the steps of DKus highly acclaimed Rainforest , Reef is a vibrant full-color photographic celebration of the worldus uA…aˆ?rainforests of the seauA‚A? that pictorially progresses...
Located in the heart of South-east Asia, Thailand and Myanmar (a.k.a. Burma) have long been recognized for their exotic culture, stunning scenery, and fascinating historical sights. For many...
"We feel a deep sense of connection with the ocean and its reefs and with that connection comes responsibility. Although we have lost almost a quarter of the planet's reefs, those we see in this...
Well...we hit a milestone last week - our 100th pro gallery. We're pretty psyched!
That's 100 of the best, most prolific, talented and inspirational, underwater photographers in the world. We set...
Editor's note: I was with David and Jen on their scouting mission to Raja Empat in 2005. The images and story in Nat Geo are fabntastic. Pick one up if you don't have a subscription! What...
Magnificent coral reefs on Mexico's Caribbean island of Cozumel appear to have been unscathed by Hurricane Dean, delighting dive operators and diving enthusiasts.
Cozumel, considered one of the...
It's not a land shark, but how about a chance to see a shark on land? The California Academy of Sciences today is offering a preview of a brand new exhibit of rare aquatic life from the depths of...
As the impact of the devastating 2005 coral bleaching and disease event begins to set in, scientists from a variety of agencies are taking a closer look at local reef recovery.
High water...
Conservationists are warning that if sea temperatures continue to be high, coral reefs off Ishigakijima island, Okinawa Prefecture, may develop more cases of large-scale bleaching.
Coral...
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Ever want to go swimming off the coast of Australia with sea lions that would tickle you with their whiskers? Or dive into the warm waters of Indonesia through its picturesque coral reefs. For the...
was intrigued when I learned of the new campaign from Westin Hotels to wrap the inside of NYC subway cars with nature themes. It's part of their "This is How It Should Feel" campaign....
With 2008 designated as the year to protect the world's coral reefs, researchers say their efforts to preserve a spectacular natural formation here are steadily yielding fruit.The Sekisei Lagoon,...
New Yorkers explore the depths of the sea in this stunning shuttle wrap execution. Photos: Chris Cassidy
I was intrigued when I learned of the new campaign from Westin Hotels to wrap the inside...
Realising the importance of marine conservation, corporate bodies like Petaling Jaya Hilton are doing their part to rehabilitate the coral reef in Pulau Tioman.
Time and time again, we are...
As the lazy days of summer draw to an end, how about taking the family on one last exotic vacation undersea to photograph fish u" all from the comfort of your computer? Just think of the money...
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are often hailed as a way to halt serious declines in the abundance of marine species that have been over-fished. But even as nations begin to set aside protected...
Corals in the central and western Pacific ocean are dying faster than previously thought, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have found. Nearly 600 square miles of reef have...
The South Asia Co-operative Environmental Programme (SACEP) launched the `South Asia Coral Reef Task Force' recently to promote and support the protection and enhancement of South Asia...
A recent study shows that the proportion of the seafloor covered with coral is declining rapidly in some parts of Maui.
Invasive alien seaweeds are blamed in part, but there could be other...
Jellyfish with up to a dozen heads have been created in the laboratory by carefully monkeying with a few genes.
The genetic experiments could shed light on how natural colonies of other...
In the battle against an exotic seaweed, biologists are employing a rather unusual solution: underwater vacuum cleaners.
The cleanersu"called Super Suckersu"suck up tons of gorilla ogo,...
In a setback for efforts to protect endangered coral reefs from oil spills, researchers in Israel report that oil dispersants -- the best tool for treating oil spills in tropical areas --are...
Coral ecosystems are being imperiled at regional to global scales by over fishing, climate change, disease, and exposure to excess sediments, nutrients and contaminants. Scientists believe that...
The combined stress of global warming and ocean acidification has many coral reef biologists very concerned.
Ocean acidification is a buzz word for marine biologist these days. The term refers...
Damselfish can appear quite contrary to species that wander into their gardens of algae by aggressively chasing off larger fish and even nipping at human divers.
But for some damselfish...
Protecting the Great Barrier Reef from the impacts of climate change, natural disasters and rising human pressures will be a key test of Australiaus ability to keep our natural environment healthy...
Well yes, they are. Very bad. But as Derek P. Manzello, a University of Miami researcher, and colleagues report, in one way at least they can be a force for good. They can benefit bleached coral...
"In recent weeks a fishing boat has been coming into Speyside in Tobago and shark fishing off little Tobago. This kind of targeted fishing is indiscriminate. They are catching sharks of all...
We're here on Tioman Island for the kick off of the Tioman Mega Dive. Unfortunately, we're not going to be diving for more than two days while out here, but we're having a great time and enjoying...
The reef looked small from the boat, but once I plunged into the Caribbean I found myself gazing at what looked like a vast and intricate community, which was oddly dead and alive at the same time....
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The purest image of natural serenity, the sandbank of Kapalai (insert link to http://www.dive-malaysia.com) and its exclusive resort-on-stilts lie on a patch of...
In the longest running study on how fish populations in coral reef systems recover from heavy exploitation, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and others have found that the...
A new scholarship initiative at The University of Queensland's Australasian Centre of Excellence will help protect coral reefs around South-East Asia and the Pacific for future generations.
The...
In an important paper published a few months back in the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Willis et al. (2006) report that "on tropical coral reefs, the simultaneous mass...
Coral reefs can now be read like tree rings or glacier ice, mapping environmental change over time. What emerges from these sea core samples, besides climatic shifts, is a scientifically-deduced...
"In recent weeks a fishing boat has been coming into Speyside in Tobago and shark fishing off little Tobago. This kind of targeted fishing is indiscriminate. They are catching sharks of all...
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is considered the worldus largest coral reef system. It is home to the highest marine biodiversity in the planet. Every diverus dream is to explore this great...
Fans of UAE diet staple the Hamour fish could be left feeling hungry if action is not taken to protect it from over-fishing, according to Dubai environmentalists. EWS-WWF has categorised the...
Divers, fishermen, environmentalists, octopus hunters, and volunteers have jointly captured and killed a total of 5,212 starfish from January to June, from the southern Luzon sea to save the...
Tour operators on Australia's Great Barrier Reef may be encouraged to help shade coral from the sun when the reef is exposed at extremely low tides, a researcher says.
Temporary sunshades for...
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Lembeh, one-stop destination for fantastic muck diving.
The world's full of triangles. There's the Golden Triangle, the Triangle of the Bermudas and then of course, most...
Female emerald coral gobies often limit their own growth to remain non-threatening to the largest dominant female - the only ones allowed to mate with the one resident male - a new study by an...
Kuwait Environmental Society's diving team has completed the installation and maintenance of three new floating marine buoys to protect coral reef southeast of Kubbar Island.
The project's...
When questioned about the role of marine preserves, most people will mention the protection of fish. A healthy supply of fish provides stock to seed other areas of reef that are being exploited....
The disease, called "white syndrome," has been observed affecting coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia as well as reefs in Okinawa Prefecture.
new threat is surfacing...
The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee has approved legislation that will reauthorise the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and the measure, which is sponsored by Congressman Faleomavaega Eni...
Some coral reef fish starve themselves to avoid getting into fights with their larger, dominant neighbors, researchers have found.
Emerald coral gobies live in small groups in which social rank...
While humans can survive large temperature fluctuations, such species as corals are only comfortable within a 12-degree temperature range. And rising global temperatures appear to be threatening...
sea turtles, cascades of glittering reef fish, blooming coral pillars u" countless travelers have come nose to nose with a thriving undersea universe while on vacation. But increasingly, divers and...
Fish populations on reefs separated by hundreds of kilometres show synchronised population changes, they can boom or bust simultaneously due to effects of climate fluctuations.
Research along...
The destruction of nature's beautiful underwater kingdoms by coastal development, shore runoff and fishing techniques has seen the tourism industry increase conservation efforts. Green sea turtles,...
Corals get cold sores too. Only, for corals, a herpes virus infection isn't just annoying. It can be lethal, and it and other diseases are possibly a big factor in the deaths of coral reefs that...
A team of researchers from McGill University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) has provided the first example of how colour patterns on a coral reef fish species can drive its...
Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine.
It is not sunken treasure or a Spanish galleon, but rather nature's bounty: rows of coral reefs that generate...
The Khaled bin Sultan LIVING OCEANS Foundation today announced that Dr. Mark R. Patterson of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will lead Project SeaCAMEL (Classroom Aquarius Marine Education...
Officials in Japan have launched an innovative project to create new coral reefs to back Japan's claim to territorial waters contested by China.
Six colonies of coral have been planted around...
study reveals that survival is not easy for young fish living on the Great Barrier Reef - and may be even harder under climate change.
Environmental differences experienced early in life not...
Bali's first ever underwater photography exhibition will open in June 2007 in a bid to show the public the beauty of coral reef ecosystems, and raise awareness about the importance of coral reef...
A crippled tourist boat and a vessel towing it partially sank off the Caribbean coast, severely damaging nearly 11,000 square feet of coral reef, officials said.
The tourist boat began taking on...
As it struggles to recover from the effects of two terrorist bombings, Bali's tourism industry is facing a new threat. Global warming.
Experts say climate change is hitting Bali's coral reefs...
Red Sea - behind the scene Egypt and Saudi Arabia. FINS + interview of Bob Evans. How coral reefs change. Kurt Amslers photoschool: Macro. Safety margins on a rebreather. The Science of Salinity....
Tourists arriving in Suva on Monday are expected to be among the first people to buy Fijis latest eco-friendly product farmed coral.
As part of a special partnership between a local NGO and...
Red Sea - behind the scene Egypt and Saudi Arabia. FINS + interview of Bob Evans. How coral reefs change. Kurt Amslers photoschool: Macro. Safety margins on a rebreather. The Science of Salinity....
Situated in a small archipelago just Southeast of Sulawesi, a large Amoeba shaped island in the center of Indonesia, Wakatobi is truly a slice of paradise in the middle of nowhere
The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) today announced the release of their "Voluntary Standards for Marine Recreation in the Mesoamerican Reef System." This guide provides marine tourism businesses, bulk...
Between Monday 21 May and Thursday 31 May a team of technical divers is working at the Little Cayman Research Centre to understand the connections between our shallow coral reefs that are common to...
The bleaching of corals due to climate change may result in global economic losses of up to US$104.8 billion over the next 50 years, or 0.23 per cent of current global GDP.
These losses will...
Weather disasters, economic pressures and other problems have disrupted the lives of Pacific Islanders near Australia to the point that they too are now mismanaging their natural resources. This...
A new project by a Southern Cross University researcher to re-seed damaged coral reefs in the Maldives has important implications for the recovery of coral reefs around the world.
One of...
A vast 900,000 hectares of water are newly protected in the Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat.
This month, Indonesia's Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Mr. Freddy Numberi formalized...
An offshore area, measuring nearly 190,000ha, has become the first coral reef national park in Sarawak.
Located in Miri Division and off the Miri and Sibuti coasts, the area was declared a...
Coral reef bleaching, believed to be one of the detrimental effects of climate change, may receive a welcomed "buffer" through effective local management, according to new research by a...
--"It is incomprehensible that a dive tour operator would anchor on a reef, the very reef that provides a source of financial income through its inherent value and the natural beauty such an...
Increasing Earth temperatures and rising sea levels. Both of these are effects of climate change. The current concern is that human activity is changing our climate at a rate well above the natural...
Coral reef bleaching, believed to be one of the detrimental effects of climate change, may receive a welcomed "buffer" through effective local management, according to new research by a...
The Northern Marianas continues to implement plans for coral reef protection as it marks the third year of carrying out local action strategies, according to one of the Commonwealth of the Northern...
Threatened coral reefs could be given a helping hand by establishing marine reserves, according to a research team led by the University of Exeter. Marine reserves have already proved to be a...
Egypt have cancelled a decree which allowed companies to collect reef fish and export them to Europe and other markets .
According to the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation...
The Bush administration has delivered proposed legislation to Congress calling for stepped-up protection for the nation's coral reefs, according to a news release issued by the U.S. Department of...
The six-year study released on Tuesday by Australian and US researchers examined 48 reefs strung 1 500 kilometres along the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest living organism off Australia's...
To coral reef-driven tourism industries like those of the Cayman Islands, there could be a greater cost in ignoring climate change than fighting it.
Ranked among the top 10 scuba diving...
The scale of larval dispersal of marine organisms is important for the design of networks of marine protected areas. We examined the fate of coral reef fish larvae produced at a small island...
A quarter of the world's oceans will be protected from fishing boats which drag heavy nets across the sea floor, South Pacific nations have agreed.
The landmark deal will restrict bottom...
Most coral reef fish larvae return to their "home" reefs after spending weeks to months maturing in the open ocean, reports a new study published in the journal Science. The findings...
A new survey of reefs along Madagascar's southwestern coast found massive damage from coral bleaching, including some reefs that lost up to 99 percent of their coral cover.
A number of coral...
Tallahassee, FL (AHN) - The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) will open a new ocean discharge pipe near Lake Worth, in a move that has alarmed divers and environmentalists...
The government said Tuesday it has banned cruise ships from anchoring at a port where their huge chains have damaged coral reefs.
Environmental officials say some coral can be preserved despite...
Coral disease outbreaks have struck the healthiest sections of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and a new study has conclusively linked disease severity to ocean temperature and climate change for...
Two new species of coral have been discovered off the Oman coast, as well as other existing coral species that had previously not been known to live in the region.
The two new species,...
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society, proudly presents a very special seminar with environmental documentary filmmaker, David McGuire of Trillium Films, Friday, May 11, 2007. Mr....
Beautiful Oceans, a progressive eco-dive tour operator and premier coral reef education organization, today announced that it will address the impact of global warming from all its eco-dive...
The Environment Ministry will revise the range of nature preserves, such as nature conservation areas and natural parks, to protect coral reefs, the ministry said.
The decision came after the...
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly presents a very special seminar with environmental documentary filmmaker, David McGuire of Trillium Films, Friday,...
The large subduction zone earthquake that hit the Solomon Islands at the beginning of April had quite a dramatic effect on the coastline of Ranongga, one of the closest islands to the site of the...
Most of the world's island countries overfish their coral reefs and many will likely see their sole source of protein disappear within a few decades, says a new report.
The study of 49 island...
Coral reefs are one of Malaysia's most important natural assets and have been abused for too long. It's time to stop this madness. DEBRA CHONG finds out how in a recent trip to Tioman. WHAT is the...
The scientists have nursed dozens of tiny coral fragments in a lab in Ruskin and transported them to Western Sambo Reef in the Keys. It's all part of a complicated experiment to find a new way to...
On a night of fierce winds and savage waves, the freighter Miss Beholden started taking on water. The 142-foot ship was 5 miles off Key West, carrying 20 tons cargo of candy and cigarettes, and...
Coral reefs, like tree rings, are natural archives of climate change. But oceanic corals also provide a faithful account of how people make use of land through history, says Robert B. Dunbar of...
A massive death of corals resulting from an earthquake off Aceh, Indonesia on March 28, 2005 was just discovered by scientists two years after the upheaval. They found that an entire island heaved...
Coral reefs, like tree rings, are natural archives of climate change. But oceanic corals also provide a faithful account of how people make use of land through history, says Robert B. Dunbar of...
An infestation of predator starfish is decimating large tracts of coral reef throughout the Philippines.
The spiny and toxic crown-of-thorns starfish are voracious predators that can wipe out...
Island communities that depend on coral reef fisheries could face a hungry future, according to new research from the University of East Anglia, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries &...
The force of this week's Solomons earthquake has lifted an island in the South Pacific archipelago and pushed out its shoreline by tens of meters, exposing surrounding reefs.
The remote island...
Coral reefs are traditionally seen as gleaming examples of harmony and co-operation, the ultimate expression of a beautiful and beneficent world.
But a new book by a leading British scientist...
More than half of the tropical coral reefs in the world where governments collect data on fishing levels are being degraded beyond repair, according to a global survey of reef fisheries.
The...
Coarse mats of fast-spreading mud-green algae are blanketing acres of sea floor and delicate coral reef from northern Delray Beach to the southern end of Boca Raton, reported volunteer divers who...
Although coral reefs cover less than one quarter of one percent of the world's sea floor, they are home to 4000 different species of fish, 700 coral species and 1000 other plants and animals that...
A passenger ferry that ran aground on a coral reef near the U.S. Virgin Islands has spilled half its fuel into the water, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday.
An estimated 350 gallons of diesel...
A WWF survey shows that rising temperatures, altered rainfall and coral bleaching are among the main threats to Central America's Mesoamerican Reef.
The survey, conducted in this small coastal...
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System(MBRS) stretches from the tip of the Yucatun Peninsula down to the Bay Islands of Honduras; this reef structure is the largest coral reef in the Western...
popular game fish mistaken by scientists for a dog snapper is actually a new species discovered among the reefs of the Abrolhos region of the South Atlantic Ocean.
The international science...
International marine and port experts converged on Townsville in Australia recently to discuss guidelines for port construction and dredging to avoid harm to coral reefs.
The Great Barrier Reef...
Extinctions that resulted from the formation of the Panamanian isthmus were delayed two million years according to a new study by researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Scripps...
Recent torrential rain and monsoons in northern Queensland have provided some rare relief for the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
The poor conditions have significantly reduced ocean...
Thirteen new coral species have been identified in the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park. But the gulf's existing coral reefs are deteriorating rapidly, with their area shrinking by 30 per cent...
Walter C. Jaap, a St. Petersburg marine ecologist, vividly recalls the reefs off the Florida Keys he saw during research dives in the 1970s: Thousands of chocolate brown and golden corals teeming...
University of Queensland researcher is charting the unknown waters of a disease that has been dubbed the "malaria" of the fish world.
A parasite which lives in the blood of coral reef fish is...
The "killer" is back.
Caulerpa brachypus, an exotic, highly invasive underwater vine known as "killer algae," has spread north to take over many deep Martin County coral...
The live reef fish trade in northern Borneo has a severe impact on coral reef fish populations, according to the results of a new study.
Scientists from Cambridge University provided evidence...
In the fledgling country of Timor-Leste (East Timor), pristine beaches and coral reefs stand in stark contrast to one of the poorest populations on Earth.
East Timor, located on a handful of...
Coral reef ecosystems are highly valued as biological, ecological, cultural, and economic resources. In the past few decades, competing demands on coral reef ecosystems and increasing threats from...
While humans can survive large temperature fluctuations, such species as corals are only comfortable within a 12-degree temperature range. And rising global temperatures appear to be threatening...
State officials are investigating who's responsible for Big Island runoff that killed coral, urchins, mollusks and other marine life off the Kohala Coast.
The debris - which includes corrugated...
This expedition represents a unique collaboration between the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Institute for Exploration (IFE), Immersion Presents, the University of...
A new satellite survey has let scientists pinpoint the location - and assess the health - of half a million square kilometers of coral reefs on planet Earth.
Only 18% of the world's reefs are in...
Netrani Island, a coral reef, 18 km off Murdeshwar in the Arabian Sea, will be a national marine park, according to a proposal to be submitted to the Centre.
The island is unpolluted and the...
It is with mixed emotions that I sit on my fly-bridge anchored in the Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, writing these thoughts. It is early June, 2006, nearly a year after I descended 230 feet...
Beautiful Oceans actively promotes the practice of eco-diving for the protection of coral reefs and encourages divers to increase their awareness of the fragile coral reef ecosystem. However,...
The Great Barrier Reef will not be able to recover from the ravages of global warming unless populations of key species such as parrot, surgeon, rabbit and batfish are conserved.
Scientists have...
Schools of big plant-nibbling fish could protect the Great Barrier Reef from pollution and climate change ... as long as their numbers remain high.
Not only would the hard-working fish help...
By using cages to experimentally control the access of fish to coral reefs, researchers have assessed the role of fish "grazing" in the ability of reefs to successfully recover from...
The Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, has initiated a study on underwater wealth, particularly coral reef and scheduled marine creatures such as whales and dugong dugon in the Gulf of Mannar....
According to a new study conducted by Cambridge University researchers off the northern coast of Borneo, the live reef fish trade is having a major impact on marine populations. While the trade --...
The international team led by researchers from The Australian National University has uncovered new insights into the connection between three major climate engines: the Indian Ocean Dipole, El...
Every year new generations of corals build their homes on the stony remnants of their ancestors. Pulling calcium-or strontium-from the surrounding seawater, they form calcium carbonate shells that...
Over the past quarter-century many corals around the world periodically experienced the significant - and sometimes deadly - stress associated with episodes of unseasonably high temperatures that...
Coral reefs, usually associated with tropical waters, call the cold seas off Norway's northern coast home and deserve protection, marine scientists said.
Local fishermen have known about the...
Scientists have discovered that a fish species on the Australian Great Barrier Reef can sniff its way back to the patch of reef where it hatched.
If the cardinal fish's remarkable odour-assisted...
Rescuers searched Sunday for three foreign scuba divers and their Egyptian guide who got lost while exploring a coral reef in the Red Sea, while a fifth member of the group reached a village after...
The Terengganu Fisheries Department on Friday detained three trawlers for encroaching the marine parks off Pulau Kapas, Marang and destroying about 50 artificial reefs costing more than RM250,000...
More than 1,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, in black water illuminated only by the spotlights of research submarines, lies a world of snow-white coral, rock pinnacles as high as skyscrapers and...
For those of you who purchased one (or more!) of the famous -- and great-looking! -- Divester/Wetpixel shirts, thanks...and congratulations! Through your support, we raised enough money to donate...
Australian scientists have found evidence that climate change may play havoc with fish populations.
Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) have tracked a...
Fish species on the Great Barrier Reef are starving to death because climate change is killing off their food source, an environmental study has found.
Rising sea temperatures have bleached more...
More than 400 students and teachers joined hands with dive resorts in October to celebrate the value and beauty of Taveuni's coral reefs.
Local dive resorts organised the event which was...
A fish that gatecrashed an experiment in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has surprised scientists by emerging as an unexpected weapon against the worldwide decline of coral reefs.
Scientists from...
Healthy coral reefs provide their adjacent coasts with substantially more protection from destructive tsunami waves than do unhealthy or dead reefs, a Princeton University study suggests....
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution has received an award from ResearchChannel.org to produce "Corals at the Crossroads," a documentary examining the threats modern life poses to...
Coral reefs are defying the odds in Hong Kong and flourishing in the city's polluted waters, a media report citing a government survey said on Sunday.
The southern Chinese city's Coral Watch...
A Canada based company, Sea Culture Ltd plans to breed Coral Reef in Sri Lanka. The project is 100% externally funded by a group of investors from Canada and the principle aim is to demonstrate...
The NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment will now provide public access to new digital photographs from six years of coral reef field studies. The online Coral Reef Ecosystem Database,...
New research shows large scale coral die-offs are occurring more frequently now than ever before.
Researchers have been studying fossilised reefs in Papua New Guinea to determine why the reefs...
The Australian government must act quickly to address global warming in order to protect the Great Barrier Reef, a leading coral scientist says.
Associate Professor John Pandolfi, from the...
Pollution is damaging the world's second-largest barrier reef.
The coral reef stretches 600 miles along the Caribbean coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.
The World Resources...
A team of researchers lead by Redouan Bshary, a biologist at the University of Neuchutel in Switzerland, found that moray eels and groupers practice cooperative hunting in Red Sea coral reefs --...
Australian scientists say coral reef shark populations on the Great Barrier Reef are in a catastrophic collapse.
Research -- conducted by William Robbins and colleagues at James Cook University...
One of the islands' leading underwater experts, Dr. Caroline Rogers of the National Geological Survey (NGS) admitted her presentation on the state of the territory's reefs to the St. John Audubon...
A Washington-based environmental group, whose partners include major US companies, considers the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas as probably "the highest marine priority area on Earth," according to...
Fringed by palms, lapped by warm water and surrounded by pristine coral reefs, the 300 islands that make up the Fijian archipelago are the very picture of paradise.
The volcanic islands are a...
An increase in violent storms threatens coral reefs around the world, according to a new study out of UC Santa Barbara.
Coral reefs are vital to the marine environment. While they take up less...
The Gulf provides habitat for five of the planet's seven marine turtle species. It also supports coral reefs, West Asia accounting for eight per cent of the world's mapped reefs. While these...
Size and shape may predict the survival of corals around the world when the weather churns the oceans in the years to come, according to a new model that relies on engineering principles. The...
While writing an article for the newsletter about the recent study published in Science magazine predicting collapse of the world's fisheries by 2048, I came across this press release. Unless...
Ocean poachers and others who violate state environmental protection laws and rules may face prosecution under a new state program.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources, the...
Life on Earth depends on healthy oceans - from coral reef communities teeming with life to mangrove swamps that provide a home for thousands of species. Our planet's oceans are in trouble and the...
Oil which leaked from three fishing boats stuck on a reef near Beqa last week damaged coral and marine environment.
This was confirmed by one of the village's headmen and the Pacific Blue...
A suba-diving professor at the University of Bedfordshire has been honoured with a top international award worth A‚A?6,000 to help him continue his research into climate change by studying the...
THE discovery of a fossilised coral reef sitting high and dry at the southern tip of Western Australia has provided a warning that climate change is likely to cause a catastrophic melting of ice...
The U.S. Coral Reef Task Force voted to begin the planning process for an International Year of the Reef in 2008 at its business meeting in St. Thomas. The Task Force called on researchers and...
Earthwatch-supported scientist Dr. James Crabbe from the University of Bedfordshire, has been awarded the international Aviva/Earthwatch Award for Climate Change Research. The award recognizes the...
The drab section of coral reef off Kenya's coast is called Starfish, but there are no starfish to be found. There are no magnificently coloured coral here. Patches of thorny sea-urchins lurk in the...
Seven government officials from six countries, including two from the Philippines, signed a declaration calling on the scientific community to work with local governments and community networks for...
Bermuda features heavily in a new award-winning documentary film series about coral reefs that challenges many commonly held misconceptions of life under the ocean.
'The Reef Series' which...
Climate change is destroying tropical marine ecosystems through sea temperature increase and ocean acidification. 20% of coral reefs have already been wrecked and a further 50% are facing immediate...
CAYE CAULKER, Belize, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A rainbow-hued parrot fish nibbles on a veined purple sea fan in the tranquil waters of Belize's barrier reef, the largest in the western hemisphere.
But...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) A rapid decline in the world's coral reefs could damage economies that rely on underwater sea life for tourism revenue, researchers said Friday....
The Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve covers an area of more than 1.1 million hectares, consisting of three core areas - the U Minh Thuong National Park, the Phu Quoc National Park, and a mangrove...
On the tiny island of Middle Cay, perched on the windward edge of a rare Caribbean atoll known as Glover's Reef in Belize, the Wildlife Conservation Society maintains a busy little facility to...
Tiny crabs that live in South Pacific coral help to prevent the coral from dying by providing regular cleaning "services" that may be critical to the life of coral reefs around the world,...
A deadly cocktail of rising sea temperatures, silt runoff from construction sites, algae and other toxic ingredients will kill off 60 percent of the world's coral reefs in less than 25 years, media...
NOAA's Coral Reef Watch, a part of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, now offers a satellite-based experimental low winds product that improves the ability to assess and forecast coral...
To the uninitiated, the flat rock slabs found across the centre of this island at the northern end of Lake Champlain appear to be nothing more than giant stones.
But the rocks offer a history...
American Samoa Governor Togiola Tulafono is among the leaders and island representatives attending the 16th Meeting of the United States Coral Reef Task Force which convenes Monday, Oct 23rd and...
THE Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) is to screen two award-winning documentaries at the City Hall Theatre, offering rare glimpses of threatened coral reefs and spectacular ocean...
A new survey of coral reefs along Madagascar's southwestern coast found massive damage from coral bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures, researchers said on Thursday.
However, the survey...
Worldwide, the biodiversity of coral reefs is threatened and the existing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are not sufficient to ensure their conservation. Work published in Science magazine shows...
Innovative strategies to conserve the world's coral reefs are included in a new guide released today by NOAA, the Australian Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and The World Conservation...
A team of scientists has embarked on a 23-day U.S. expedition to explore coral reef biodiversity in the largest fully protected marine area in the world.
The expedition aboard the U.S. National...
The thousands of tourists who come to Eilat during the intermediate days of the Sukkot holiday (October 8-13) and plan to pitch tents on the city's southern beach will be surprised to discover...
Coral reef researchers from Israel, the Philippines, Italy, Britain and Thailand, gathered at a coral rehabilitation workshop in Phuket. Conducted during September 29th to today, the 4th of...
Scientists have issued their strongest warning so far this year that unusually warm Caribbean Sea temperatures threaten coral reefs that suffered widespread damage last year in record-setting heat....
A tsunami's impact on a coral reef is slight compared to the devastation wreaked by human use of explosives and poison, latest research from the coast of Aceh in Indonesia has disclosed.
A new...
Scientists have issued their strongest warning so far this year that unusually warm Caribbean Sea temperatures threaten coral reefs that suffered widespread damage last year in record-setting heat....
Some 3,600sqkm of coral reefs fringe Malaysian coasts and islands. This makes up a mere 1.27% of the world's reefs but plays a major ecological role, providing nursery and breeding ground for...
A freighter that ran aground off the coast here gouged a 20-foot wide, 100-foot long swath of reef, officials said.
"Its bulbous bow plowed up the reef and created a big hole," said...
American Samoa is the latest recipient of a technical assistance grant from the Interior Department's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's...
The Herald Sept. 18 issue regarding the Goodsell Fossil Preserve of a portion of the ancient Chazy Reef was very interesting. In fact, I called a friend immediately, and we drove from southern...
Less than 20 percent of coral reefs in the Davao Gulf are in good condition, an environment official in Southern Mindanao said in Wednesday's Ugnayan sa Royal Mandaya...
It will take a hundred years to replenish a tenth of the country's damaged coral reefs, according to a marine scientist specializing on coral reef ecology.
At the rate the Philippines is...
The 35,000-ton freighter that ran aground off the coast of Fort Lauderdale last week was moved Wednesday, ending a nearly weeklong struggle to free the vessel.
Just before daybreak, U.S. Coast...
To the uninitiated, the flat rock slabs found across the center of this island at the northern end of Lake Champlain appear to be nothing more than giant stones.
But the rocks offer a history...
Conservation experts from the GCC, Iran and Yemen taking part in the Marine Conservation Forum 2006 being held in Abu Dhabi have called for urgent action to combat the effects of coral reef...
Changing sex is common among coral reef fish - but the cause can depend on who's around, according to a recent study by a team of Australian and American scientists.
Dr Philip Munday, of the...
Over eighty experts including biologists, conservationists, researchers and government officials from the region will take part in a historic initiative to formulate the region's first joint marine...
The Australian coral reef pygmy goby enjoys barely three weeks of adult life before dying.
Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University say that...
A GROUP of scuba divers and nature lovers were the first group to paint the Jalur Gemilang underwater in conjunction with the nation's 49th National Day celebrations.
The event at Pulau Kapas...
Volunteers in the Philippines are getting shorn to save the shore. The cast-off clippings of human hair are going to be used to help mop up oil from a disastrous spill that has fouled beaches,...
The findings, which were published in a bi-annual report finalised recently, showed that at least 18 out of an original 36 species of coral found in the region have recovered from damage suffered...
What most of the experienced eco-divers know, but eco-snorkelers mostly ignore, male Damselfish can be compared to men trying to win a date! While some male downtown species may drive an expensive...
Moving day at Conch Reef recently was a prickly business, and the movers all wore gloves.
Scientists and volunteers spent the day 5 miles offshore rounding up about 500 long-spined sea urchins...
AN Indonesian seaman has been charged with endangering the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland.
The 45-year-old man was arrested in Sydney after he allegedly captained a 32m Singaporean-registered...
Scientists have once again issued a warning that temperatures in the Caribbean Sea are abnormally high, and are approaching levels that could be disastrous for coral reefs.
Many coral reefs in...
The Terengganu government has allocated RM10mil to build giant artificial coral reefs in several designated costal areas in the state in an effort to protect the leatherback turtle...
Now 'what's in a name?' you might ask? Well when it comes to full scientific names there's quite a lot.
As you may know, Beautiful Oceans' courses use both scientific names and common names....
Endangered species could vanish and coral reefs 'crumble to pieces' because tropical fish are being stunned with cyanide and served up in Hong Kong restaurants, it was claimed today.
Twenty of...
BAHRAIN is taking part in the planning of a new strategy to preserve endangered marine turtles and coral reefs in the Gulf.
It will be developed at a regional conference to be held in Abu Dhabi...
We've all seen pictures of an underwater coral reef, but do we know what it sounds like? Fish do and as producer Allan Coukell discovered, some baby fish use the sound to find their way home...
A local "shark" carries a message in a bottle: "Help save America's waters."
There are no messages inside Mako vodka bottles, but rather labeled on them.
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A coral reef system is slowly dying off the shores of Boynton Beach and Delray Beach and scientists are trying to figure out what's to blame.
The South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment...
For those of you listening in for some time now you will have noticed that one of my favourite topics is "interconnectedness". Not surprisingly you might say, as I am fascinated by ecosystems and...
Coral reef marine protected areas established by local people for traditional use can be far more effective at protecting fish and wildlife than reserves set up by governments expressly for...
For decades, fisheries scientists and managers have debated the pros and cons of deploying artificial reefs, the major issue being whether man-made underwater structures draw fish away from natural...
Coral reefs are among the oldest ecosystems on Earth and are the largest living structure on the planet.
Coral Reefs
The whimsical names of corals - bubble, staghorn, starburst, and brain -...
The Nevis Public Library this year held its 17th Summer Environmental Awareness Programme under the general caption OUR COUNTRY, OUR PEOPLE, OUR FUTURE. Three one-week programmes starting on June...
Region-wide cooperation in the conservation of endangered marine turtles and coral reefs in the Gulf will be the focus of a regional conference to be held in Abu Dhabi in September this year...
THE UK Government is providing A‚A?18,000 to support the establishment of a sustainable Reef Check Centre in Malaysia.
Announcing the funding during his visit to Malaysia, UK Biodiversity...
Most predictions of global warming and resulting sea-level rise are underestimates, the keynote speaker at the Hawaii Conservation Conference said yesterday.
Based on prehistoric records, when...
A study has found traditional owners are taking better care of coral reefs than national parks and reserves.
The study found the techniques employed by Indigenous communities in Papua New Guinea...
U.S. satellite images have been used in a first-of-its-kind survey to determine how well the world`s coral reefs are being protected.
A team of international researchers used the images to...
Leading marine scientists say Australia is becoming the training ground for the world's coral reef experts.
The Australian Research Council's coral reef studies centre, based at James Cook...
Just weeks after the U.S. established the largest area of conservation on earth in creating the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, Marine Sanctuaries Media announces that art...
Marine scientists say winter bleaching is emerging as a new threat for the world's coral reefs.
Coral bleaching usually occurs in summer when high sea temperatures cause the coral organisms to...
Vietnam plans to almost halve its coastal fishing fleet by 2010 to protect fragile marine resources that have been badly depleted by over-fishing, local officials and foreign experts say.
Many...
A marine scientist says water quality management plans and reef closures will help protect the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland's coast from coral disease outbreaks seen in other parts of the...
Most coral reefs in Ha Long Bay are dead according to Dr. Dam Duc Tien from the Institute for Sea Natural Resources and Environment.
Scientists are flabbergasted about the results of a...
SCIENTISTS HAVE long been concerned about declining coral reef health off the southeastern Florida coast, in the Florida Keys and worldwide. The World Research Institute's Reefs at Risk programme...
Indonesian airport authorities seized 36 humphead wrasse, the third seizure of this endangered fish species in the country this year alone. The live fish, harvested in Indonesia, were destined for...
The Hawaiian Islands have 84 percent of all coral reef area under U.S. jurisdiction. The main Hawaiian Islands have 15 percent and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 69 percent.
Reefs are the...
Scientists believe that development in Florida is directly related to the decline of some of its once-pristine coral reefs off the state's coasts.
A local student studying a reef halfway around...
Have you been curious about what Cozumel's coral reefs look like after last year's Hurricane Wilma? Well so were we. That's why we asked Bonnie Pelnar if we could host her most recent underwater...
Coral reefs are sick and dying. Global warming is mainly to blame, according to Tel Aviv University (TAU) Professors Yosi Loya and Eugene Rosenberg.
This dynamic duo is strapping on their...
WWF and The Nature Conservancy are undertaking a major regional assessment of Central America's Mesoamerican Reef to determine the impacts of climate change on coral reefs...
As scientists record a decline in the health of coral reefs world wide, marine biologists from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have identified a site at Little Cayman for a...
For most coral reef organisms, there's something a little disconcerting (and potentially dangerous) about being in a wide open space with nowhere to hide. Stick an object - even something as simple...
The escalating level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is making the world's oceans more acidic, government and independent scientists say. They warn that, by the end of the century, the trend...
Less than 2 percent of the world's tropical coral reefs are properly protected from illegal fishing, mining or pollution despite government promises of wider safeguards, an international study...
Less than 2 per cent of the world's tropical coral reefs are properly protected from illegal fishing, mining or pollution, an international study says.
The study, which has been published in the...
First-ever analysis reveals that most coral reef protected areas are too small, far apart and are at risk from poaching and external human threats.
Although 18.7% of the world's coral reefs are...
Biomedical researchers who dove down nearly 3,000 feet to search a newly-discovered coral reef found treasures they say may help doctors fight cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses...
Coral reefs have suffered more damage since the 1970s than any time in the last 220,000 years, according to a study that warns of the threats of overfishing and coastal development...
Today I want to discuss the value of coral reefs. Several years ago I was fortunate enough to attend a meeting in the Caribbean to debate the value that should be assigned to a square meter of...
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has launched two further components of its Global Coral Reef Conservation Project. This project now consists of three scientific research studies, in Japan, the United...
The Ocean Conservancy posted a gallery of images and video clips in light of President Bush's action of protecting one of the last intact marine ecosystems in the world, one that is home to sharks,...
President Bush is expected to announce Thursday the establishment of the world's largest marine protected area.
The submerged islands west of Hawaii contain an expanse of untouched coral reefs...
When death strikes a coral reef, whether from an oil spill off Mexico or sediment unleashed by a dam bursting in Hawaii, marine biologists know what to look for, but not how to document and...
Bacteria and algae are combining to kill coral -- and human activities are compounding the problem.
Scientists have discovered an indirect microbial mechanism whereby bacteria kill coral with...
Eilat's coral reef will continue to deteriorate unless action is taken to stop pollution of the area, according to an Environment Ministry report to be released this week. The report states that...
Even though the research cruise on Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution's R/V Seward Johnson ended Friday, much of the scientific work needed to understand deep coral reefs off Florida has only...
The captain of the 550-foot bulk cargo vessel Cape Flattery that ran aground Feb. 2, 2005, violated maritime law and his own company's policies when he tried to enter the Kalaeloa Barbers Point...
Todays podcast will initiate a series of discussions about best practices for eco diving and eco snorkeling - but instead of telling you what you should do or should not do, we will have a look at...
Recent reports of total devastation to Sipadan's coral reefs are grossly over-exaggerated. Last week it was reported that a barge carrying construction materials damaged corals at Sipadan. A survey...
When death strikes a coral reef, whether from an oil spill off Mexico or sediment unleashed by a dam bursting in Hawaii, marine biologists at the scene know what to look for but not how to report...
In my last podcast I discussed an interesting scientific study by Barker and Roberts that described the impact divers have on coral reefs - especially in relation to underwater photography.
This...
As an undergraduate student in 1978, William F. (Bill) Precht first explored coral reefs at Discovery Bay Marine Lab in Jamaica. Now Precht, who is Ecological Sciences Program Manager for...
The contractor who destroyed a coral reef at Malaysia`s top dive spot of Sipadan by scraping over it with a barge has got off with an apology and the cost of a clean-up, a report said today....
The Global Coral Reef Alliance announces the Fourth Biorock Workshop to be held November 13-20th, 2006 on Gili Trawangan, Lombok. Workshop leaders are Tom Goreau and Wolf Hilbertz, co-inventors of...
The recent coral reef destruction at Sipadan has become the top priority of Universiti Malaysia Sabah's (UMS) Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI), and a preliminary report on the incident is...
The Brazilian government has created an official buffer zone around the Abrolhos National Marine Park to protect the biologically richest coral reefs in the South Atlantic.
The buffer zone,...
Beautiful Oceans has launched the first 'Coral Reef & Eco Diver online magazine'. The free weekly news publication contains text blogs, podcast (audio files that can be listened to on a...
Two types of corals have gotten a spot on the U.S. list of threatened species after years of losing ground in the shallow waters off Florida and in the Caribbean.
"It's a huge step and...
Malaysia has ordered an investigation into an incident in which coral reefs off the dive haven of Sipadan island were seriously damaged by a barge, leaving divers and environmentalists reeling....
For more than five decades, archaeologists, geographers, and other researchers studying the Pacific Islands have used a model of late Holocene climate change based largely on other regions of the...
Hundreds of meters of coral and turtles have been wiped out at Sipadan in a tragic accident involving a large barge and the local irresponsibility of whoever is managing the island. It is...
Global warming has had a more devastating effect on some of the world's finest coral reefs than previously assumed, suggests the first report to show the long-term impact of sea temperature rise on...
The CNMI's Coral Reef Task Force was singled out for praise during the recently concluded U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting held in Washington D.C., with Environmental Protection Agency Region IX...
Miles of unblemished coral reefs have been turned to slime-covered rubble because of rising sea temperatures caused by global warming.
A study into the extensive bleaching of the Seychelles...
Mercure Resort in Sanur, Bali has joined a small but dedicated group determined to reverse the damage caused by years of neglectful practices, to re-plant and revitalize five hectares of coral...
The U.S. Coral Reef Task Force announced a new coral reef conservation initiative aiming for stronger enforcement of aquarium reef fish trade harvesting regulations, and endorsed designating 2008...
Even if you don't live near a reef, you can help protect coral reefs in the United States. and around the world. The federal Coral Reef Conservation Program offers these tips...
National Geographic photographer David Doubilet is in Minneapolis this week to talk about sharks, coral reefs and twilight worlds found in the ocean...
National Geographic photographer David Doubilet is in Minneapolis this week to talk about sharks, coral reefs and twilight worlds found in the ocean...
San Diego State has teamed with a local multimedia company in an interdisciplinary effort to illustrate and explain basic biological principles specific to coral reef science...
Australians will soon be able to help save coral reefs while enjoying a brew at their local bar.
Beeramundi, a new beer that will soon be on tap Down Under, is the result of a partnership...
Brunei divers marked the celebration of the `Dive In To Earth Day' for the first time this year by conducting a fish survey project at the coral reef in the Brunei waters last Sunday.
The 'Dive...
As we mentioned earlier, the 10-acre private island owned by James Bond creator Ian Flemming is up for sale. The island, just off the coast of Tobago in the Caribbean, is known as Goat Island. It...
Son Tra Peninsula in central Vietnam is a natural ecological region with vast potential. Untouched beaches, colourful coral reefs, vast forests. Yet there is no way to really get around the...
The Republic of Kiribati in the South Pacific has designated an enormous swath of Pacific atolls, coral reefs, and deep ocean to become one of the world's largest marine reserves...
Covered in murky, brown water for months, this isolated park's coral reef is beginning to die.
Local scientists who dove the reef on the north end of Jupiter Island recently discovered the first...
As environmentalists and economists underscore the importance of coral reefs, the CNMI government is planning to educate the youth about those resources by incorporating the subject in the school...
Coral reefs that survived the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami are coming under threat from rushed rebuilding efforts in the region, two international environmental groups said on Thursday...
Carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere are harming the world's seabeds, stunting the growth of coral reefs because of rising acidity levels in the water, according to a study due out in Norway...
When European settlers first started working the land of Mackay in the late 1800s, they would never have guessed their actions would have shown up many centuries later in the coral reefs off...
The remote 1,400-mile long string of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are blanketed with the 14 million seabirds that nest there. Beneath the surface of the surrounding waters, fish crowd into...
The coral reefs in Fiji are now in a stable condition after the serious bleaching in 2000 to 2002. The Environmental News Network reported in April 2000 that 65 percent of Fiji's reefs were...
Warren Entsch's criticism of green zones around the Great Barrier Reef ("Backbenchers cast lines for reef review", March 6) fails to recognise the considerable economic benefits of...
An extensive study on the Indo-Pacific coral reefs, about to be published in the 2nd of March issue of the journal Nature[1] challenges the present conservation protocols for these organism and...
Scientists shocked at Great Barrier Reef bleaching
Scientists say Australia's hot summer has had a devastating effect on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. Coral reef specialists are comparing the...
A previously unknown and healthy coral reef has been discovered off the coast of Thailand, a rare piece of good news for the planet's beleaguered oceans, a top global environmental group said on...
It didn't take long for lab technician Raphael Ritson-Williams to realize that the pancake-shaped flatworm he had collected during a biodiversity study in the coral reefs around the Pacific Island...
An underwater paradise filled with exotic fish, marine plants and coral reefs has been discovered by professional scuba divers exploring the shallow waters of a sea mountain in the Caribbean...
Hundreds of humphead wrasse were released back into the waters of the Bunaken National Marine Park after being confiscated from a fisherman who was intending to illegally sell the...
A coral reef stands between Port Everglades and the booming export markets of Asia.
Anticipating more trade with the Far East, the port and the federal government plan to deepen and extend the...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is spending 28 million baht budget on placing concrete or cement under sea in the 6 provinces of the Andaman. Aiming to create more diving...
BLANCHED coral wastelands could soon become new dive attractions as the Great Barrier Reef teeters on the brink of widespread bleaching.
It's one more marketing approach being considered by...
Have you ever seen a 22-pound black grouper?
Back in the 1930s that was the average size of black grouper caught in the Dry Tortugas, the remote western end of the Florida Keys. That's the average...
Bob Richmond, research professor at the University of Hawaii-Manoa's Kewalo Marine Laboratory, has received the premier international award in marine conservation for working to preserve Pacific...
Three ecologically-important deep sea areas have been protected off the waters of Italy, Cyprus and Egypt, following a recent decision by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean...
Grand canyons of coral rise 30 feet from the ocean floor. Sea fans sway amid giant yellow sponges. A school of blue fish seems illuminated by neon as it darts through crystal-clear waters.
The...
Hurricane Rita's pounding waves and a hotter-than-usual Gulf of Mexico took a toll on the Gulf of Mexico's only government-protected coral reefs about 100 miles off the Louisiana and Texas coasts....
FIJI'S coral reefs have a high resilience to bleaching.
Professor Ed Lovell, a lecturer in Coral Reef Ecology at the University of the South Pacific, said the extent of coral bleaching in Fiji...
Costs of safeguarding the world's fast-disappearing coral reefs and mangroves are small compared to the benefits they provide from tourism to fisheries, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) said...
Three world-class oceanographic research institutions today announced a collaboration to conduct a global census of coral reef ecosystems aimed at estimating the numbers of reef species and...
Coralreeffish.com, a coral reef fish research site, today announced the availability of a photographic web-guide to the late-stage larvae of coral reef fishes.
In 1992 the authors "initiated a monitoring program that includes 13 islands (eight atolls and five high volcanic islands) in four of the five archipelagoes in French Polynesia, with the goal...
Creative Technology Ltd. (NASDAQ: CREAF), a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products and the number one manufacturer of MP3 players with music subscription support, today introduced the...
Nov. 30, 2005 -- Orthogon Systems, a leading provider of fixed wireless solutions for reliable connectivity in difficult environments, today announced that its customer, the Aquarius undersea...
Grand Cayman's coral reefs are facing a crisis unless positive steps are taken to address their decline, according to renowned local underwater photographer Cathy Church...
Chris Fallows, shark conservationist and wildlife photographer, is angry; the great white sharks that are his subjects have been given a raw deal of late. "It's astounding and disgraceful that...
About 200 reef balls weighing a total of 540 tonnes were planted at the Mid Reef area off Manukan Island, near here, to restore coral reefs wrecked by the Greg Storm about eight years ago, Thursday.
The U.S. Coral Reef Task Force announced yesterday the 3rd Annual Governor Tause P.F. Sunia Memorial Coral Reef Conservation Summer Internship Award, in recognition of the late Governor's...
AFTER a week of negotiations, NEAFC the intergovernmental commission responsible for managing deep-water fishing in the North East Atlantic agreed to include long-term conservation of fish stocks...
At first glance, Mexico's Cozumel island -- a Caribbean jewel ringed with coral reefs -- looks like the site of a nuclear explosion.
Chunks of concrete pier have been swept away, palm-thatched...
Jean-Michel Cousteau, the son of famous French ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, presented French Polynesia President Oscar Temaru Friday with an educational program on respecting nature,...
Mexican scuba divers are struggling in surging seas to repair one of the world's biggest coral reefs after it was badly damaged by Hurricane Wilma last month.
Buffeted by strong currents, it...
UP to half of the world's coral reefs may disappear by 2045 unless urgent measures are taken to protect them against environmental hazards, particularly climate change, says the World Conservation...
In the past 35 years, Bill Curtsinger has photographed 33 articles for National Geographic magazine, specializing in underwater photography.
He's also shot photographs that appeared in...
Findings from a recent survey of coral reefs in the Philippines, reveal that their destruction continues, despite some conservation gains in parts of the coast. But these positive examples do give...
Snorkeling or tourism that enjoys the enchanted submarine world and attracts thousands of visitors each year to the National Park of the East and the coral reef surrounding Catalina Island and...
Greenpeace has been whacked with a $7,000 fine after it was determined the environmental group damaged a coral reef at a World Heritage site in the Philippines.
Greenpeace has apologised to the Philippines and "mother nature" for the damage caused by its flagship Rainbow Warrior II to a coral reef.
The 55-metre schooner ran aground at...
A fragile coral reef off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula could take more than a century to recover from a thrashing by Hurricane Wilma last month, the country's government said.
This is what a coral reef should look like - and finding another one as pristine and healthy left anywhere on the globe would be hard.
An international team of researchers including Elizabeth...
The extremely warm ocean waters fueling this season's record hurricane season are severely stressing coral reefs throughout the Caribbean and might kill up to 90 percent of the structures in some...
Up to half of the world's coral reefs may disappear by 2045 unless urgent measures are taken to protect them against environmental hazards, particularly climate change, the World Conservation Union...
In the last month, coral reefs across the Caribbean have become affected by a sudden and life-threatening bleaching epidemic brought on by sea temperature rise; the same temperatures which have...
"Through the Ocean Window" by W. Gregory Brown takes us on a fantastic voyage through several of the planet's incredibly prolific coral reefs. Proceeding on this enchanting, photographic...
The CORAL E-Current Photo Contest is a bi-monthly contest held by the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL). Enter your favorite coral reef photograph for a chance to win a copy of the beautiful photography...
Global warming is taking a toll on coral reefs off east Africa, which will likely be killed off in a few decades if sea surface temperatures continue to rise, a leading researcher warned on...
A pipe dumping millions of gallons of treated sewage into the Atlantic Ocean daily from a wastewater plant operated by Delray Beach and Boynton Beach is triggering algae blooms that have killed...
The president of the Taiwanese Coral Reef Society, Jeng Ming-shiou (鄭明修), yesterday reported that since the establishment of a sea urchin protection area in...
A 28-hectare section of 450 million-year-old rock that is believed to be part of the world's oldest coral reef will be preserved and opened to the public, officials announced Tuesday.
Two local...
Detailed filming of caves and nooks hidden in reef formations reveals the importance of sponges to sustaining often-fragile coral. The young researcher behind the camera, backed by a Dutch research...
Mitsubishi Corp. has launched The Global Marine Research Project in Japan, the Americas, and Europe/Africa. The six-year project aims to make a social contribution and protect the environment by...
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, scientists will begin a nine-day expedition to explore one of Florida's most vital but least familiar marine resources -- the spectacular deepwater coral reefs of the Oculina...
Tracing the larvae of marine organisms from where they were born to their ultimate destination has been regarded as one of the greatest challenges in ocean science. Managers of marine reserves...
IN THE WATER OFF SUMMERLAND KEY, Fla. -- Hovering above a coral reef, two divers in wet suits examine and measure the dozens of coral beneath them, recording their findings on clipboards and...
Marine organisms hidden in caves, such as sponges, play an extremely important role in the nutrient cycle of coral reefs. Indeed they probably play the most important role of all, says Dutch...
This year coral bleaching has once again returned to the Great Barrier Reef and scientists are concerned that this is the warning that signals the demise of our glorious natural wonder.
Coral...
The nation's coral reef ecosystems continue to face numerous stressors from both natural and human sources, including overfishing, disease, pollution and climate change according to a new national...
Precious coral reefs in deep water to the west of Ireland and Scotland are being destroyed by trawlers, a marine scientist will warn today.
Jason Hall-Spencer, of the University of Plymouth,...
Marine scientists sailing the central Pacific to study its remote coral reefs have reached an underwater Eden even more pristine than they had hoped for, according to e-mail dispatches they sent...
Coral reefs, the rainforests of the sea, feed a large portion of the world's population, protect tropical shorelines from erosion, and harbor animals and plants with great potential to provide new...
The archipelago's animal species read like a zoologist's directory: whales, marine turtles, rays and dolphins. (Although dugongs feature prominently in promotional literature, spotting them is...
University of South Florida researchers made big news in January when they announced the discovery of the deepest coral reef in the United States.
On Friday, a team of scientists returned from...
Whether or not it contributes to global warming, carbon dioxide is turning the oceans acidic, Britain's leading scientific organization warned Thursday.
In a report by a panel of scientists, the...
15 April marks the day that the first ever all-glass undersea restaurant in the world opens its doors for business at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa. Ithaa* will sit five meters below the...
Unprecedented study describes sources contributing to decline of Caribbean reefs.
Their position at the pinnacle of the marine food chain is legendary.
Now, understanding sharks and their...
Bangkok, Thailand - Two new surveys of Thailand's coral reefs show the impact of the Asian tsunami was highly varied, but with most damage identified within the country's national marine parks....
Coral reefs around the coast of Sri Lanka may have suffered much less damage from the Indian Ocean tsunami than was initially feared, early surveys have suggested.
As well as causing so much loss...
The Reef Ball Foundation in association with the government of Thailand's Ministry of Natural Resources, Reef Ball Thailand, Racha and Racha Sea Masters needs your assistance with the Phuket Coral...
Underwater photography enthusiasts will again have a chance to shine, in ADEX 2005's Underwater Photography Exhibition, entitled "Faces of The Ocean". The competition will reveal the diverse...
Winners will be announced at the Rosenstiel School's Sea Secrets Lecture Series presentation on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the Rosenstiel School Auditorium, 4600 Rickenbacker...
The competition is open to photographers anywhere in the world. Only original photos taken by the entrant will be considered.
Contact:
Malaysia Coral Reef Conservation Society
51, Jalan...
Reef Check is the United NationsA?a‚¬a„? official community-based coral reef monitoring program. Reef Check Australia is a part of this global network of volunteers who regularly monitor and report...
Reef Check is the United NationsA?a‚¬a„? official community-based coral reef monitoring program. Reef Check Australia is a part of this global network of volunteers who regularly monitor and report...
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community needs your eye and talent to create awareness and help ensure the Pacific region can continue benefiting from the wealth of its fisheries. Changes in the...
The CORAL E-Current Photo Contest is a bi-monthly contest held by the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL). Enter your favorite coral reef photograph for a chance to win a copy of the beautiful photography...
The CORAL E-Current Photo Contest is a bi-monthly contest held by the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL). Enter your favorite coral reef photograph for a chance to win a copy of the beautiful photography...
Winners will be announced at the Rosenstiel School's Sea Secrets Lecture Series presentation on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the Rosenstiel School Auditorium, 4600 Rickenbacker...
The competition is open to photographers anywhere in the world. Only original photos taken by the entrant will be considered.
Contact:
Malaysia Coral Reef Conservation Society
51, Jalan...
Reef Check is the United NationsA?a‚¬a„? official community-based coral reef monitoring program. Reef Check Australia is a part of this global network of volunteers who regularly monitor and report...
Reef Check is the United NationsA?a‚¬a„? official community-based coral reef monitoring program. Reef Check Australia is a part of this global network of volunteers who regularly monitor and report...
Everything You Need To Know About Underwater Photography DivePhotoGuide.com is a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in learning about underwater photography. Underwater...
