May 9, 2013
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Coral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action. That’s according to findings based on an analysis that combines the latest science on reef dynamics with the latest climate models. Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 23, 2013
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Coral reefs are stressed because of climate change. Researchers have discovered corals themselves play a role in their susceptibility to deadly coral bleaching due to the light-scattering properties of their skeletons. No one else has shown this before… Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 5, 2013
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Isolated coral reefs can recover from catastrophic damage as effectively as those with nearby undisturbed neighbors, a long-term study by marine biologists has shown. Scott Reef, a remote coral system in the Indian Ocean, has largely recovered from a c… Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 25, 2013
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New maps by scientists show how rising sea temperatures are likely to affect all coral reefs in the form of annual coral bleaching events under different emission scenarios. If carbon emissions stay on the current path most of the world’s coral reefs (… Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 12, 2013
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Using underwater video cameras to record fish feeding on South Pacific coral reefs, scientists have found that herbivorous fish can be picky eaters – a trait that could spell trouble for endangered reef systems. Continue reading
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Acanthaster planci is the principle natural enemy of reef-building corals. Outbreaks of this coral-feeding starfish occur periodically, due to reasons that remain unclear. It decimates entire reefs in the space of just a few years, as has been the case… Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 1, 2013
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Coral reefs are predicted to decline under the pressure of global warming. However, a number of coral species can survive at seawater temperatures even higher than predicted for the tropics during the next century. How they survive, while most species … Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 23, 2013
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New research has found a mechanism as to how corals use their pink and purple hues as sunscreen to protect them against harmful sunlight. Many reef corals need light to survive, as they benefit from sugars and lipids that are produced by their light-de… Continue reading
Share on FacebookSeptember 19, 2012
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Researchers for the first time have confirmed some of the mechanisms by which overfishing and nitrate pollution can help destroy coral reefs — it appears they allow an overgrowth of algae that can bring with it unwanted pathogens, choke off oxygen and… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 1, 2012
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Carolina Herrera, Latin America Advocate, Washington DC
Mexico’s National Congress has given the Ministry of the Environment (SEMARNAT) just fifteen days to report back on actions surrounding the environmental impact approvals gra… Continue reading
November 16, 2010
by Ani Youatt
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An article in Science magazine last month reported that 2010 may be the worst year for coral die-off ever in the Caribbean due to abnormally warm waters since June. This spells the latest chapter of disaster for coral reefs; spectacular ecosystem… Continue reading
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