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New Reef Ambassador Specialty Certification On Aggressor Trips
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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
Coral Reefs Are A Haven For Evolution
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Coral reefs have a higher evolutionary rate than other habitats, study finds
New Bridge Threatens Kalimantan's Mangroves, Reefs
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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
Copenhagen Climate Conference - Ocean Acidification
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Report from COP15 says oceans acidity has increased by 30% since Industrial Revolution
Coral Reef Services Valued At $172 Billion Dollars Per Year
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A recent article highlights the value of ecosystem services, including coral reefs. The numbers are amazing.
Underwater Museum In Mexico Constructed To Help Protect Reefs
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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
Scottish Coral Reefs?
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Colorful reefs found in Scotland
Coral Reef Algae Have Eyes?
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The single-celled algae that set up house inside hard corals and give reefs their vibrant colors may be able to see, a new study says
Electrified Coral Reef Off Florida Gets Federal OK
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A proposal to install an electrified artificial reef on the ocean floor off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea has won approval from a key federal agency
Banning Certain Fish Gear May Help Coral Reefs
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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's & Co. Supports Coral Reef Conservation
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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
Caribbean Coral Reefs Flattened
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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
Oceana Announces Winners of its Inaugural “Ocean Heroes Award”
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Coral reef conservationist, marine mammal rescuer and shark advocate selected
as this year’s ‘ocean hero’ by thousands of activists
Corals Rival Humans In Genetic Complexity
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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...
Sediment Destroying Coral Reefs
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Land-based pollution altering ocean life off the larger islands
New Reefs Discovered Off Ireland
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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
Urchins Taking Over Habitat In Australia
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Voracious sea urchins are stripping coral reefs off Australia, depriving fish of key habitat, scientists say
Some Corals Adapting To Warmer Temperatures?
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Stanford University scientists have found evidence that some coral reefs are adapting and may actually survive global warming
Heat Tolerant Coral Reefs May Resist Climate Change
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Stanford University scientists have found evidence that some coral reefs are adapting and may actually survive global warming
Why We Need Coral Reefs
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We often hear that we need to conserve coral reefs, this article starts to explains why
Wave Power Electricity To Help Coral Reefs?
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An unlikely savior may be coming to the rescue of the planet’s beleaguered coral reefs, wave power electricity
Escaping The Heat
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The world's corals cannot escape the inevitable impact on them caused by humanity's carbon emissions
New Technique For Restoring Sponges To Reefs
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A new study appearing in Restoration Ecology describes a novel technique for reattaching large sponges that have been dislodged from coral reefs
Reattaching Sponges to Coral Reefs
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A new study describes a novel technique for reattaching large sponges that have been dislodged from coral reefs
Super Reefs v. Climate Change
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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...
Recovering from Bleaching
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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
Prodded By Petition, EPA Reconsiders Ocean pH Limits
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U.S. EPA is weighing a revision of standards aimed at preventing the acidification of marine waters
A Coral Reef Case Study: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
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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...
Sewage Blamed For Deterioration Of Coral Reefs In Areas Of Taiwan
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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
Hawaii To Claim Damages for Grounding of Navy Warship
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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...
Researchers Find 4,000-Year-Old Coral Species
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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
Coral Reefs Discovered Along Pakistan Coast
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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
Decline In Caribbean Reef Due To Decline In Coral
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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
Saudi Prince Funds Coral Reef Survey
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The Living Oceans Foundation plans to take an inventory of the worlds coral reefs and its being funded by Saudi Prince Khaled bin Sultan
Fatter Coral Have A Better Chance Of Survival
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Scientists may have shed some light on how corals can survive or perish in the face of climatic onslaught
Coral Reefs Dissolving With A Doubling of Atmospheric CO2
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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
Striking Gold: Buyat Bay, North Sulawesi
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Alex Mustard joins Danny Charlton and crew from Lembeh Resort on an exploratory trip to the reefs of Buyat Bay in North Sulawesi.
Grounded Navy Ship Damaged Coral Reef Off Hawaii
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The Navy warship that was grounded a half-mile off Honolulu for four days had been stuck in coral reef
Deep Water Ocean Discoveries off Australia
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Deep ocean investigations to the southwest of Tasmania have discovered previously unknown fields of 10,000-year-old fossilized corals
Taiwan Coral Reefs "Turn Black" With Disease
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Coral reefs off the southeast coast of Taiwan have turned black with disease possibly due to sewage discharge
Voracious Sponges In Underwater Caves Save Reefs?
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Dutch researcher Jasper de Goeij investigated how caves in the coral reef ensure the reef's continued existence.
Expedition Reveals Three Previously Unknwon Coral Reefs Off Florida's Coast
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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...
Coral Reefs Four Years Later
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Four years after the devastating Tsunami, a team of scientists have reported the prompt recovery of coral reefs in the South East Asian Region
Coral Reefs Recovering Quickly From Tsunami Damage
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Indonesia's coral reefs damaged by the 2004 tsunami are recovering rapidly, helped by natural colonization and a drop in illegal fishing, scientists say
Study Reveals Qatar's Coral Riches
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A mapping of coral reef habitats in the sea around Qatar reveals that Halul Island has the maximum number of coral reef species.
Mistaken Identity Leads Researchers To Two New Extinct Species Of Coral
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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.
Climate Change Increases Problems For Florida Reefs
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Despite new federal protections, Elkhorn coral may disappear from the waters off the coast of South Florida
Climate Change, Starfish Hit Fiji Reefs
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Climate change and a starfish outbreak have shrunk coral reefs near Fiji, forcing locals to change their lifestyle.
IU To Turn Kidd Shipwreck Into `Living Museum'
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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"...
Scientists Try To Revive Japan's Biggest Coral Reef
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Scientists are in an unprecedented project to restore Japan's largest coral reef by planting thousands of baby corals growing on tiny ceramic beds.
Mass Extinction of Coral Reefs Worldwide Predicted
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Oceana Report Warns of Imminent Threat to World's Reefs and Recommends Actions
Needed to Avert Catastrophe
International Coral Reef Crisis
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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...
New Coral Reefs Discovered In The Deep Depths of The Ocean
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Imagine descending in a submarine to the ice-cold, ink-black depths of the ocean, 800 metres under the surface of the Atlantic
Increased C02 Affecting Reefs Further
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Increased C02 in the ocean is severly affecting coral reefs ability to survive climate change alone
Coral Reef Discovered in Seychelles
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Scientists discovered a coral reef in the Seychelles off Curieuse Island that is home to more than 200 giant tortoises.
Reef Atlas Project Set To Determine Location Of South African Reefs
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A South African research team is trying to locate and digitally map the countries coral reefs.
Crown-Of-Thorn Really Four Species Not Just One
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The crown-of-thorn starfish thought to be one species worldwide is reported to be 4 distinct species.
DNA Studies Lead To Better Understanding Of Reefs
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Gene mapping has lead to a better understanding of the coral reefs.
Camera Company Helps Protect Malaysian Reefs
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Panasonic gives back to Malaysia by helping to protect its reefs.
Modest CO2 Cutbacks May Be Too Little, Too Late For Coral Reefs
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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...
Sabah Parks To Start Coral Reef Monitoring Program
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Sabah Parks has put together a monitoring program to ensure the health of their reefs and sea turtles.
Algae Vs. Corals
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Algae is releasing chemicals that may prohibit struggling corals to recover.
No Take Zones In Wrong Places
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Current Protection zones are in the wrong places and are not helping prevent the loss of coral reefs according to scientists.
Honolulu Focuses on Acidification
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The Honolulu Declaration highlights important research by scientists who are trying to protect the coral reefs from acidification.
Shipwrecks May Be A Reason For Invasive Animals
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A new study has found that wrecks on coral reefs could be a potential catalyst of the invasion of unwanted species.
Research Expedition Seeks Details of Coral Disease Impacts in Florida
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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...
Trash Soils Bush Pledge To Protect Islands
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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.
Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish' Destroying Kuwait Coral Reef
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The diving team in the Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS) has recently discovered a kind of starfish that preys on coral reef
China Joins Global Seagrass Monitoring Network
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China has set up a seagrass monitoring station, which will be part of a global network, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Coral Reef 'Glue' May Not Stick Under Climate Change
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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
Many Countries 'Unable to Save Reefs'
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An international team of scientists has found coral reef conservation in key regions of the world faces serious risk of failure under climate change.
Almost Half Of Coral Reefs In Poor Condition
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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.
Fishing Ban Guards Coral Reefs Against Predatory Starfish Outbreaks
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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
Lionfish Decimating Other Tropical Fish Populations, Threaten Coral Reefs
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The invasion of predatory lionfish in the Caribbean region poses yet another major threat there to coral reef ecosystems
Grazing Sea Urchins Create Reef Cacophony
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Amplified chewing sounds from ravenous sea urchins create a dawn and dusk chorus beneath the waves
Scientists Discover New Reefs Teeming With Marine Life In Brazil
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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...
Half Of US Coral Reefs In 'Poor' Or 'Fair' Condition, NOAA Reports
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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
DPG Expeditions: 2009 Raja Empat + Fak Fak
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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...
Climate Change Threatening Coral Reef Fish
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Climate change threatens to devastate coral reef fish populations and increase the likelihood of fishery collapses, Australian researchers warned on Monday
Conservation Group Wants Bridge Rubble For Reefs
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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...
New Model Predicts Where Corals Can Thrive
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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...
Governor Togiola Of Samoa Invites Ocean Artist Wyland To Paint Mural
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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...
Reef Check Coral Reef Photo Competition Announcement
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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.
Coral Reefs - All You Need to Know
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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...
Fish "Eavesdropping" for Food Odors Connected to Global Climate Regulation
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Climate change may be predicted by fish who "eavesdrop" their way to healthy food sources using chemical cues given off by ocean organisms.
Venice Flood Barrier Blossoms Into Coral Reef
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A coral reef has bloomed in the Adriatic Sea on the site where a tidal barrier is being constructed to protect Venice.
New Coral Reefs Discovered In Taipei
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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.
Artist Wyland To Paint Mural On Saipan
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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
Has The Great Barrier Reef Got A Future?
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Once I would have thought that a ridiculous question. Yet today, if we assemble all the best science we have, the answer can at best be "maybe".
Delicate Partnership Between Coral And Algae Threatened By Global Warming
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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.
What Happened to the Caribbean Reefs?
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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
Fish Key to Reef Climate Survival
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A healthy fish population could be the key to ensuring coral reefs survive the impacts of climate change, pollution, overfishing and other threats
Extinct Seal Tells Of Once-Teeming Caribbean Reefs
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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,...
Want To Save A Coral Reef? Bring Along Your Crochet Hook
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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,
Microbes Threaten Coral Reefs
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While fish populations have been decimated by overfishing worldwide, a research team have recently found how the practice can also endanger coral reefs.
NOAA Helps Nat'l Coral Reef Institute to Grow Coral
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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...
Scripps Expedition Provides New Baseline for Coral Reef Conservation
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From sharks to microbes, scientists capture key data at the central Pacific's Line Islands archipelago
Artificial Coral Reef Project To Protect Marine Environment
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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...
Butterfly Fish 'May Face Extinction'
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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 Coral Reef Fisheries Destroyed By Organized Crime
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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...
Bonaire Launches Program For International Year Of The Reef 2008
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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 Secret Language Of Fish
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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.
Foot Race Aims To Save Environment
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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...
ICON System Process In Advance Stage
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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.
Ocean Thermostat Can Save Coral
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Some coral reefs could be protected from the impacts of climate change by an "ocean thermostat", a study says.
2008 Pew Fellowship In Marine Conservation Awarded To UM Rosenstiel's Dr. Andrew Baker
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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.
Friends of Coral Bay File Emergency Motion Against Development In St. John
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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...
Increasing Temperature, Storms Destroying Caribbean Coral Reefs
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Caribbean coral reefs have lost up to 80 percent of their cover in the last 50 years.
Sipadan Corals Recover
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According to Sabah Parks, the recovery process of the damaged coral reef at Pulau Sipadan following the 2006 barge incident is now almost complete.
Big Island Has Most Live Coral Of Main Hawaiian Islands
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New coral reef maps released by NOAA reveal that the Big Island of Hawaii has the highest percentage of live coral of the main Hawaiian islands.
Campaigns To Protect Coral Reefs Planned In Thailand
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Campaigns will be launched in Thailand this year to promote public awareness of the need to protect their world-famous coral reefs.
Environmental Groups Call For Increased Protection of Coral Reefs
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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 -...
How Baby Fish Find a Home
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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...
Starfish Swarm Devouring Corals in Indonesia
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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
Oceans Past: A Guide to Oceans Future
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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...
Humans Have Caused Profound Changes in Caribbean Coral Reefs
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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
Corals Might Migrate South: Scientists
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Global warming may result in tropical corals migrating south, Australian scientists say
Concern Lingers on Success of Artificial Reefs
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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
Deep Coral Happenings on Capitol Hill
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We have a new state in this country! Welcome number 53. It's called "The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States"
It's Official: The Carbon Crisis is Lethal for Coral Reefs
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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...
Scientists Trying to Save Coral Triangle
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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....
Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs
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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...
Wildlife Conservation Society study finds seasonal seas save corals with 'tough love'
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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...
TAU professor finds global warming is melting soft coral
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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...
Parrotfish to aid reef repair
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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...
Senate panel approves coral reefs protection bill
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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...
Feds Pay Polyp Service To Coral
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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...
Protected Coral Reef Deliberately Damaged: Green Group
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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...
Consensus Declaration On Coral Reef Futures
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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...
Coastal Habitats Are The Biosphere's Most Imperiled Ecosystems
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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...
Acid Oceans Warning
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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...
EU Wants To Get Tough On Deep-water Trawlers
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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...
Scientists Bring Back Potentially New Species From Philippine Waters
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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...
Seaweed Critical To Creatures' Survival
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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...
Coral Study To Assist Understanding Of Climate Change
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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...
EU Calls For Immediate Protection Of Irish Coral Reefs
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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 Health Depends On Ecosystem Management
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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...
Fishing Ban Protects Largest Coral Reef In The Philippines
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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...
Binghamton Zoo To Open A New Coral Reef Exhibit
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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...
Philippines Bans Fishing To Revive Biggest Reef
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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...
Protecting Cod And Coral Off Eastern Canada
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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....
Reuters Summit-Endangered Coral Becomes Climate Warning System
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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...
New Artificial Reefs "Grow" From Mideast Peace Deal
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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...
Seaweed Forests Offer Marine Hope
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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 Disappear From Stressed Philippine Coral Reefs
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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....
DEP, Finally?
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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...
Hawaii Seals, Reefs To Get Help From Above
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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...
Oceanographers May Bring Undersea World To Masses
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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...
NOAAuS Live Broadcasts Direct From Floridaus Coral Reef To Schools Nationwide
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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...
$500,000 To Name The Walking Shark After You
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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,...
Reef Off Lake Worth May Be Saved
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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...
Coral Reef Fish Harbor An Unexpectedly High Biodiversity Of Parasites
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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...
Weird 'Engine Of The Reef' Revealed
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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...
NOAA Summit Refines Coral Reef Conservation Strategy
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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...
Diving The Andaman Sea: Thailand And Myanmar
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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...
New Book From ScubaZoo - REEF
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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...
Diving the Andaman Sea: Thailand and Myanmar
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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...
New Book From ScubaZoo - REEF
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"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...
Doubilet's National Geographic Piece On Raja Empat
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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...
Island's Reefs Spared By Hurricane Dean
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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...
Academy Of Sciences Previews Aquatic Display
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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...
Scientists Taking Closer Look At Coral Disease, Water Currents
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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...
Japan Coral Bleaching Worsens As Mercury Rises
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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...
Ocean Vacuum Cleaner Saves Corals From Algae
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If there's something strange
in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call?
ALGAEBUSTERS
If there's something weird
and it don't look good
Who ya gonna call?
ALGAEBUSTERS
And in this case the...
David Doubilet Exhibit Upstate NY
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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...
Coral Reefs On New York City Subway Cars?
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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....
Life Blooms As Fight To Save Japan's Coral Heats Up
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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,...
Coral Reefs on New York City Subway Cars?
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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...
Taking Responsibility
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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...
Sea Life Safari Turns Kids Into Swimming Shutterbugs
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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...
Innovative Tagging Technique May Help Researchers Better Protect Fish Stocks
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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...
Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs Disappearing More Rapidly Than Expected
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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...
South Asia Coral Reef Task Force Launched
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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...
Seaweed, Injection Wells Suspects In Reef Decline
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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...
Scientists Create 12-Headed Jellyfish
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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...
"Super Suckers" Slurp Invasive Algae
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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,...
Oil Spill Clean-up Agents Threaten Coral Reefs
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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...
Cold Leads To Coral Reef Bleaching
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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...
Global Warming Threatens Hawaii's Coral Reefs
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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...
Gardening Fish "Domesticate" Crops Of Algae
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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...
Save Our Reef, Save Our Heritage
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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...
Near Miss By Hurricane Can Bring A Big Chill To Overheated Coral Reefs
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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...
Yes, The Water's Warm . . . Too Warm
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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....
Coral Reef Fish Need Decades Or Longer To Recover
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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...
International Scholarship Shores Up Coral Reefsu Future
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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...
The Hybridization Of Reef Corals
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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 Reef: Fragile, Crucial And On The Brink
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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...
Stop Shark Fishing In Tobago
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"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...
Replicating The Success Of The Great Barrier Reef
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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...
Dubai - Hamour Danger
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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...
Coral Reef Regeneration After Culling Of Starfish In Thousands
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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...
Deadly Tide Takes Toll On Great Barrier Reef
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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...
Coral reef fish limit their growth for sake of survival
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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...
Three Buoys Fixed For Protection Of Coral Reef
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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...
Don't Forget Importance Of Plant Life
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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....
New Disease Threatens World's Coral Reefs
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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...
US Committee Approves Reauthorisation Of American Samoaus Congressmanus Legislation
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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...
Coral Reef Fish Starve Themselves To Maintain Social Order
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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...
Corals that can fight global warming may one day help fragile reefs
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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...
Saving Coral Reefs Becomes A Tourism Priority
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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...
Reef Fish In Synch On Climate
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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...
Coral Reef Tourism Protects Its Pot Of Gold
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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,...
Herpes Virus Killing Coral Reefs
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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...
Color Pattern Spurs Speciation In Tropical Fish
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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...
Officials Trying To Save Coral Reef Off Coast Of Florida
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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...
Partner for Inaugural Live Underwater Classroom Project
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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...
Japan To Grow Coral Reefs In Territorial Dispute With China
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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...
Fight To Survive Heats Up For Reef Fish
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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 To Host UW Photo Exhibitions In A Bid To Save Reefs
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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...
Tourist Boat Damages Mexican Coral Reef
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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...
Slow Decline Of Reef Latest Woe For Bali
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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...
Reminder: Download The New XRay Mag Today
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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....
Coastal Villagers To Benefit From Undersea Coral Farms
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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...
X-Ray Mag # 17 Available For Download
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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....
CORAL Unveils Sustainable Marine Tourism Standards
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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...
Cayman Marine Institute To Host Visiting Ocean Explorers
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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...
Massive Losses Projected From Bleaching Of Corals
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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...
Sharks At Risk As Traditions Decline
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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...
Research To Rescue The Reefs
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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...
Indonesia Protects Marine Areas In Raja Empat
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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...
First Coral Reef National Park In Sarawak
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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...
Palau's Coral Reefs Show Differential Habitat Recovery
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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...
St. Marteen Dive Operators Urged To Stop Anchoring On Reefs
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--"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...
Coral Reefs Help Us Understand Climate Change
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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 Reefs May Be More Resilient Than Expected
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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...
CNMI Works To Protect Prolific Coral Reefs
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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...
Marine Reserves Could Save Coral Reefs (Duh!)
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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 Stops Reef Fish Exports
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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...
US Seeks Stepped-up Reef Protection
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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...
Scientists Battle To Preserve Coral Reefs
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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...
Famous Caymans Coral Reefs Dying?
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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...
Local Replenishment of Coral Reef Fish Populations in a Marine Reserve
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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...
South Pacific To Stop Bottom Trawling
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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...
Coral Reef Fish Return Home After Drifting The Seas
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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...
Madagascar Coral Reef Massively Damaged
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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...
Florida To Dump Sewage On More Sections Of Coral Reef System
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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...
Cayman Islands Ban Cruise Docking Near Coral
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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 Reef Devastation Linked To Global Warming
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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...
New Species Of Coral Found Off Oman Coast
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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,...
Sharks: Stewards Of The Reef At NCUPS
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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 Offers First Dive Vacations With Carbon Offsetting
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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...
Japan To Take Steps To Protect Coral Reefs
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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...
NCUPS Presents Filmmaker David McGuire Of Trillium Films
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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,...
More Images Of The Devestating Coral Reef Exposure In The Solomons
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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...
Study Finds Island Fishing Unsustainable Everywhere
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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: Method Amid The Madness
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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...
Scientists Hope Coral Grown On 'farms' Will Restore Reefs
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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...
A Million Tiny Life Rafts
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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...
Ancient Coral Reef Tells History Of Kenya's Soil Erosion
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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...
Indonesian Earthquake Killed Vast Coral Reefs
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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...
Ancient Coral Reef Tells The History Of Kenya's Soil Erosion
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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...
Predator Starfish Threaten Coral Reefs In The Philippines
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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...
Coral Reef Collapse Spells Danger For Millions
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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 &...
Quake Lifts Solomons Island Meters From The Sea
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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 Bleaching May Foreshadow A New Mass Extinction
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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...
Loss Of Coral May Cause Food Supply Crisis
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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...
Algae In Florida Harming Sea Floor, Coral Reef
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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...
News From Project Aware
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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...
Ferry Runs Aground On Virgin Islands Reef
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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...
Surveying Climate Change Impacts On Central America's Coral Reefs
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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...
Bacalar Chico Gets Cleaned Up!
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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...
New Species Of Snapper Discovered In Brazil
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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 Guidelines On Port Dredging To Protect Coral Reefs
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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...
Caribbean Coral Reefs Result Of Mass Extinction
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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...
Rains Helping Cool Barrier Reef
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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...
13 new corals found in Gulf of Mannar
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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...
Florida's Coral Reefs Face A Sea Of Threats
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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...
UQ Researchers Plumb The Depths Of Fish "malaria"
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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...
`Killer Algae' Back, Scientists Discover
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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...
Live Reef Fish Trade Decimating Fish Populations
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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...
Video: Vibrant Sea Life Lures Tourists To New Country
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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...
NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Plan
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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...
Corals That Can Fight Global Warming May One Day Help Fragile Reefs
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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...
Runoff Killing Coral, Urchins, More Off Kohala Coast
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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...
Ballard To Lead Ocean Expedition To Unlock Undersea Secrets Of NOAA's Flower Garden Banks
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This expedition represents a unique collaboration between the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Institute for Exploration (IFE), Immersion Presents, the University of...
Satellite Survey Gives Coral Reef Big Picture
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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...
Marine Park At Netrani Planned
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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...
America's Deepest Coral Reef
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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...
Diver Impacts On The Reef
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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,...
Coral-friendly Fish Vital To Great Barrier Reef
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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...
Peckish Fish Key To Reef Health
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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...
Plant-grazing Fish Boost Resilience Of Coral Reefs
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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...
Study Of Marine Wealth In Gulf Of Mannar
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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....
Live Fish Trade Causing Massive Depletion Of Coral Reef Species
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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 --...
Corals Show Aussie Drought Link To Asian Monsoon
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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...
Ancient Coral May Reveal Future Of Stronger Monsoons And Harsher Droughts
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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...
Coral Responses To Global Warming
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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...
Scientists Say Norse Reef Needs Monitoring
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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...
Fish's Homing Instinct A Clue To Coral Reef Diversity
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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...
3 Scuba Divers, Guide Missing In Red Sea
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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...
Trawlers Encroaching And Destroying Reefs In Malaysia
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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...
Deepwater Reefs Off S. Florida's Coast May Get Protection
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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...
Divester & Wetpixel Readers Donate $300 To The Coral Reef Alliance
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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...
Climate Change Strikes Fish
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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...
Global Warming Fears For Reef Fish
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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...
Students Join Fight For Reefs
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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...
Holy Seaweed! Batfish Save Reef
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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...
Study: Living Coral Reefs Provide Better Protection From Tsunami Waves
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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 Gets Grant For Documentary
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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...
Hong Kong Corals Defy The Odds
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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...
Canada Investor Plans To Grow Coral Reef In Sri Lanka As An Export Business
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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...
Coral Reef Ecosystem Image Database
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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,...
Research Highlights More Coral Reef Stress
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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...
Australian Govt Must Adopt Kyoto To Save Barrier Reef
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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...
Fertilizers Damaging Massive Coral Reef
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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...
Moray Eels And Groupers Hunt Together
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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 --...
Great Barrier Reef Sharks In Collapse
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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...
St. John's Coral Reefs Have Taken Dive
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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...
Verde Passage 'highest Marine Priority Area On Earth'
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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...
Fiji: Trouble In Paradise, Once Again
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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...
Rigs To Reef: Are Oil Platforms Key
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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...
Endangered Sea Turtles And Coral Reefs Of The Gulf
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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...
Coral Reefs Are Increasingly Vulnerable To Angry Oceans
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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...
Call To Get Tough With Ocean Bandits
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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...
Marine Violators Will Be Targeted
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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...
WWF Aims To Create 100 New Marine Reserves Globally Within The Next 10 Years
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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...
Islanders, Firm At Odds On Oil Spill Claims In Fiji
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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...
Top Honour For The Scuba-diving Professor
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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...
Reef Insight On Global Meltdown
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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...
US Coral Reef Task Force Addresses Caribbean Coral Reef Management
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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...
New Technology To Boost Coral Reef Conservation
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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...
Endangered Coral Reefs The "wealth Of The Impoverished"
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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...
6 Asian Countries Sign Pact On Coral Reef Protection
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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...
Award-winning Documentary Film Series About Coral Reefs
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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...
New Strategy To Help Corals And Mangroves Survive
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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...
Belize Barrier Reef Suffers, Global Warming Blamed
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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...
Damage To Coral Reefs Threatens Tourism-dependent National Economies, Researchers Say
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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....
UNESCO Names New World Biosphere Reserve In Vietnam
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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...
Tending To A Changing Sea
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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 'Housekeeper' Crabs Help Prevent Coral Death In South Pacific
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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,...
Study: Deadly Cocktail To Kill Off 60% Of Coral Reefs
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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 Adds Wind Component To Coral Bleaching Warning System
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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...
Island Offers View Of Remnants Of World's Oldest Coral Reef
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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...
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Convenes Annual Meeting
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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...
Bermuda Screenings: Films That Put Threatened Reefs In The Spotlight
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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...
Madagascar's Coral Reef Under Threat
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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...
Coral Reef Conservation By Means Of The Global Network Of Marine Protected Areas
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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...
New Coral Reef Management Guide Provides Strategies To Conserve The World's Reefs
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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...
Coral Reef Biodiversity Census Begins
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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...
Cars Blocked From Eilat's Endangered Shoreline To Protect Reefs
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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...
International And Thai Coral Reef Experts Met In Phuket
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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 Issue Major Coral Warning
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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....
Economic Crisis, Civil War And Tsunami No Problem If Reefs Well Managed
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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 Issue Strongest Coral Warning
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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....
Checking On The Reefs
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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...
Grounded Freighter Damages 100 Feet Of Coral Reef
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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...
Territory Gets Coral Reef Assistance Grant
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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...
Ancient Reef Not Coral-made
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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...
What A Shame: Over 80% Of Coral Reefs In Davao Gulf Degraded
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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...
100 Years Needed For A 10th Of RP Corals To Recover
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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...
Stranded Vessel Is Set Free
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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...
Area Offers View Of Remnants Of World's Oldest Coral Reef
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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...
Experts In The Gulf Region Call For Multi-pronged Approach To Combat Region's Coral Reef Depletion
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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...
Crowds Cause Fishy Sex Changes
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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...
Top Experts To Participate In Middle East's First Joint Marine Conservation Initiative
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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...
Australia Has A World Record - The Shortest-living Fish On The Planet.
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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...
Underwater Record Attempt
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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...
Philippine Oil Cleanup Goes Low-tech
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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,...
Study Shows Significant Coral Reef Regeneration In Abu Dhabi And Qatar
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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...
Damselfish - The King Of Coral Reef Dating
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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 For Prickly Creatures
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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...
Charge Over Endangering Barrier Reef
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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...
Warm Waters Still A Threat To Caribbean Coral
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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...
RM10mil To Build Reefs For Turtles
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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...
Scientific Classification Of Coral Reef Organisms
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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....
Live Fish Trade Threatens Coral Reefs
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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...
Fresh Strategy To Save Turtles
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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...
Coral Talk
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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...
Florida Entrepreneur Cleaning Up With Vodka With A Message
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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.
Advertisement...
Scientists To Study Dying Coral Reef Off Boynton And Delray
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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...
Everything Is Interconnected, Coral Reefs And Fire
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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 Parks Established By Locals More Effective Than Government Reserves
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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...
Shedding Light On Artificials' Impact
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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...
The Nature Conservancy's "Rescue The Reefs" Gift Program
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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 -...
Nevis Students Learn About Coral Reefs At Summer Program
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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...
Strategy Sought For Protecting Endangered Sea Turtles, Coral Reefs In The Gulf Region
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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...
Health Check For Malaysia's Coral Reefs
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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...
Speaker Warns Of Climate Risk
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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...
Reefs Benefit From Indigenous People's Dependence
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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...
NASA Images Used In Coral Reef Survey
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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...
Australia Becoming Reef Training Hub
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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...
Underwater Images Of Marine Sanctuaries And Other Ocean Treasures Now Available For Purchase Through Online Site
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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...
Winter Bleaching Threat To Coral: Researchers
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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 To Halve Coastal Fishing Fleet To Protect Resources
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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...
Coral Disease Outbreak Preventable: Scientist
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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...
Death Of The Ha Long Corals
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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...
Pollution Prevents Coral Lesions From Healing, Says Study
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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...
Endangered Coral Reef Fish Seized In Manado, Indonesia
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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...
Ban "lay Nets" To Save Hawaii's Coral Reefs
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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...
Student Studying Decline Of Pristine Red Sea Reef
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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...
Underwater Cozumel After The Storm: Underwater Beauty Still Abounds For Divers
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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...
An Israeli Effort To Save The Coral Reef
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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 TNC Assess Climate Change Impacts On The Mesoamerican Reef
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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...
Little Cayman Reef To Play Key Role In Global Conservation
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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...
Artificial Reefs - Turning Garbage Into Gold?
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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...
Growing Ocean Acidity May Threaten Corals
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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...
Only 2 Pct Of Coral Reefs Properly Protected
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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...
Study Praises Australia's Reef Protections
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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...
World's Coral Reefs Left Vulnerable By Paper Parks
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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...
Coral Reef Ecosystem May Fight Illnesses
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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...
Reefs Suffered More In 30 Years Than The Last 220,000
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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...
What Is A Coral Reef Worth?
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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 Launches The Global Coral Reef Conservation Project
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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...
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Images
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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,...
Bush To Designate World's Largest Marine Sanctuary
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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...
Experts Tracking Coral Reef Killers
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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...
Coral Death Results From Bacteria Fed By Algae
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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...
Development Of Eilat Gulf Spells Disaster For Reef, Ministry Warns
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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...
Months Of Research To Follow Harbor Branch's Sea Expedition
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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...
Ship Master Disobeyed Rules Day Of Grounding
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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...
Touching The Coral Reef - The Kiss Of Death?
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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...
Sabah Tourism Officials And WWF Issue Reef Assessments From Sipadan
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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...
Experts Set Up 'CSI: Coral Reef'
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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...
Diver Impact On Coral Reefs - Photographers, The Reactions
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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...
First Comprehensive Handbook On Coral Reef Restoration Published
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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...
No Penalty For Destruction Of Sipadan Reef
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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
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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...
Marine Research Institute To Look Into Sipadan Case
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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...
Brazil Creates Buffer Zone Around Coral Reefs Off Atlantic Coast
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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 Launches First Coral Reef & Eco Diver Podcast Magazine
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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 Corals Added To List Of Threatened Species
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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...
Sipadan
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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....
Coral Reef Reveals History Of Fickle Weather In The Central Pacific
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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...
Coral Reefs Wiped Out At Sipadan
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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 May Have Damaged Coral Reefs Forever
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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...
US Coral Reef Task Force Lauds CNMI Task Force
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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...
Global Warming Turns Pristine Coral Into Rubble
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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 Sanur Bali Helps Rescues Coral Reef
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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...
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Announces New Conservation Initiatives
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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...
How You Can Protect Coral Reefs
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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...
David Doubilet Presents Portraits From 'Vanishing Edens' Under The Sea
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National Geographic photographer David Doubilet is in Minneapolis this week to talk about sharks, coral reefs and twilight worlds found in the ocean...
David Doubilet Presents Portraits From 'Vanishing Edens' Under The Sea
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National Geographic photographer David Doubilet is in Minneapolis this week to talk about sharks, coral reefs and twilight worlds found in the ocean...
Sea Streaming - The Coral Reef Multimedia Project
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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...
Saving The Ocean, One Beer At A Time
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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 Conduct Fish Survey
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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...
Who Needs A Dive Resort? Ian Fleming's Private Island For Sale
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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...
It Could Be Perfect
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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...
Giant Marine Reserve Created In South Pacific
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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...
Jupiter Island Dives Discover Coral Bleaching
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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...
Saipan Wants Coral Reef Education In Classrooms
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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 Seen Threatened By Tsunami Rebuilding
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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...
CO2 Emissions Damaging Seabeds
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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...
Drilling Coral For Past Secrets
NEWS
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...
Saving The Reefs On Remote Islands Northwest Of Hawaii
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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...
Fiji's Reefs 'Stable' After 2000 Bleaching
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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...
Australian Public Backs Coral Reef Protection
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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...
Caught By The Past - How A New Ecological Theory Is Challenged And New Conservation Areas For Coral Reefs Are Necessary
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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
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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...
Pristine Coral Reef Discovered Off Thailand-WWF
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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...
Flatworm Attack
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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...
Caribbean Divers Discover Paradise Lost (part Two)
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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 Endangered Coral Reef Fish Released In Indonesia
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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...
Deep Concern: Port Everglades Dredging Plan Threatens Coral Reef
NEWS
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...
Artificial Coral Reef Sculptures Will Be Placed In Six Andaman Coastal Provinces
NEWS
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...
Ghostly Reefs Force Marketing Twist
NEWS
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...
New Chance For Florida's Coral Reefs
NEWS
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...
UH Scientist Is Awarded $150,000 For Reef Work
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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...
Sensitive Deep Sea Coral Reefs Protected For The First Time In The Mediterranean
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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...
The Spell Of Cozumel
NEWS
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...
Warmer Water, Rita Harm Gulf's Coral Reefs
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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 Resilient
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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...
Coral Reefs Cheaper To Protect Than Neglect-U.N.
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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...
Scientists To Study Coral Reefs Worldwide
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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...
Reef's Continued Downfall Dismays Divers, Scientists
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The question of what was killing the Gulf Stream coral reef was no deep mystery, even if it was happening far below the ocean surface...
New Online Photographic Guide To Coral Reef Fish Larvae
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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.
Effects Of Bleaching And Cyclones On Coral Reefs Of French Polynesia
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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...
Reef Protection Funding Boost
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Programmes to protect coral reefs in United States Pacific islands will get a major funding boost under a bill passed by the US Senate...
Jellyfish Researchers Find Irukandji Breeding Site
NEWS
Far north Queensland researchers have discovered a breeding site for the potentially deadly irukandji jellyfish...
Aussie Aquarium Featuring Monster Squid Frozen In 'Permachill'
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The crew of a New Zealand fishing trawler were lucky Archi the giant squid was dead when they hauled him up on deck...
Christmas And Cocos Is Reefs In Good Shape
NEWS
An eight-year research project has found coral reef around the Christmas and Cocos Islands is in much better shape than first thought.
The ZEN VISION:M - Multimedia Photo/Video Player
NEWS
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...
Study Shows Potential Reef Trouble Spots In Virgin Islands
NEWS
The results of an 18 month Reefs at Risk study that focused on where soil erosion could destroy coral reefs in the USVI were released Monday...
Aquarius Undersea Research Laboratory Wins InfoWorld 100 Award
NEWS
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...
Cayman Coral Facing Crisis
NEWS
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...
Stop Attacking Our Sharks
NEWS
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...
200 Reef Balls To Restore Corals In Malaysia
NEWS
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.
Summer Internship Open To Select Applicants
NEWS
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...
NEAFC Fail To Protect Deepwater Fish And Corals' Environmental Organisations Claim
NEWS
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...
Mexico's Cozumel, Storm Survivor, Awaits Tourists
NEWS
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...
Cousteau Provides Environmental Education to French Polynesia
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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 Divers Try To Fix Storm-wracked Coral Reef
NEWS
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...
Increasing Coral Reef Danger
NEWS
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...
Life In The Lens
NEWS
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...
Critical Battle For Reefs In The Philippines
NEWS
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...
Dominican Reefs Being Destroyed By Polution
NEWS
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 to Shell Out Green
NEWS
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 Apologises For Reef Damage
NEWS
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...
Mexican Coral Reef Could Take A Century To Recover From Wilma
NEWS
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.
A Study Into How Human Activity Has Degraded The Wonders Of The Ocean
NEWS
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...
Warm Seas Killing Coral Reefs Across Gulf, Caribbean
NEWS
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...
Green Group Warns Of Threat To Coral Reefs
NEWS
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...
Caribbean Coral Crisis
NEWS
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...
New Coffee Table Book
NEWS
"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...
Coral Reef Remedies
NEWS
Researchers have discovered 10 new molecular structures with pharmaceutical potential in a species of red seaweed that lives in the shallow coral reef along the coastline of Fiji in the south...
Coral Reefs At Risk As Temperatures Rise
NEWS
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...
Treated Sewage Triggering Algae Blooms That Endanger Popular Coral Reef
NEWS
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...
Sealife Protection Zones Produce Positive Results
NEWS
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...
Deal Protects Part Of Oldest Coral Reef - In Vermont???
NEWS
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...
Hidden Sponges Influence Coral Reef Feeding Cycles
NEWS
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...
Earth Watch Japan And Mitsubishi Corp. Launch Coral Reef Conservation Project
NEWS
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...
Expedition To Help Protect Florida's Unique Oculina Deepwater Reefs 30 Years After Their Discovery
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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...
Coral Reef Fish Larvae Settle Close To Home
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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...
Florida Conducting Coral Reef Study
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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...
Hidden Sponges Determine Coral Reef's Nutrient Cycle
NEWS
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...
Can Tourism Save The Great Barrier Reef?
NEWS
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...
Noaa Releases National Study Of U.s. Coral Reef Ecosystems
NEWS
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...
Trawlers Destroying Britain's Precious Deep Water Coral
NEWS
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,...
Thriving Coral Reef Thrills Marine Research Group
NEWS
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 Reef Decline - Not Just Overfishing
NEWS
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...
Fluorescent Protein Basis For Bluish Coral
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University of Oregon scientists say a cyan colored -- greenish-blue -- fluorescent protein is the basis of the bluish coral reefs.
Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago Lives Up To Those Travel Brochure Cliches
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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...
Coral Reef Expedition Yields Sealife Surprises
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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...
Scientists: Gas Turning Oceans Acidic
NEWS
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...
The World's First All-glass Undersea Restaurant Opens
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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...
Research Shows Overfishing Of Sharks Key Factor In Coral Reef Decline
NEWS
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...
Post-tsunami Coral Reef Assessment Done In Thailand
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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....
Sri Lanka Reefs survive Tsunami
NEWS
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...
Reef Ball Foundation Thailand Post-tsunami Coral Reef Restoration Project
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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...
Dive Photographers To Showcase Their Talents
NEWS
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...
RSMAS 2008 Underwater Photography Contest
EVENTS
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...
Terengganu ShutterSeaBug - X'plore 2007
EVENTS
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 Australia Photography Competition 2007
EVENTS
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 Australia 2008 Competition
EVENTS
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...
RSMAS 2008 Underwater Photography Contest
MONTHLY CONTESTS
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...
Terengganu ShutterSeaBug - X'plore 2007
MONTHLY CONTESTS
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 Australia Photography Competition 2007
MONTHLY CONTESTS
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 Australia 2008 Competition
MONTHLY CONTESTS
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...
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