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One-Third of Gloal Coral Reefs Facing Extinction
2008-07-13 00:35:00 I really wonder what it is going to take to wake this world up from it’s apathy and slumber. Built over millions of years, coral reefs are home to more than 25 percent of marine species, making them the most biologically diverse of marine ecosystems. Corals produce reefs in shallow tropical and sub-tropical seas and have ...
Crown-of-thorns starfish threaten coral reefs
2008-05-16 17:47:00 Crown-of-thorns starfish threaten coral reefsThis surprising header, to me, was found in today's issue of the The Nation, a Thai nation wide English language paper made in Bangkok.As a long term diver in the Gulf of Thailand, since 9 years and various other parts of Thailand, but mostly in the Gulf, I've seen plenty of Crown of Thorns and they're mean guys.Here's a not so great picture that I made not too long ago at White Rock near Koh Tao. They demolish coral reefs and are very difficult to destroy, if you cut of a piece of them, they basically live on now as two new crowns of thorns. The only way I know to destroy them is to take them out of the water, which is a completely different story, since their stingers hurt tremendously and give you long lasting scars on top of that. The article in the Nation mentions injections, which is interesting. Anyway, without further ado, here's the full length article; Crown-of-thorns starfish are threatening coral reefs in at least three ...
Coral Adventure on East Africa Coast: A Safari to Kenya?s Reefs
2008-05-09 11:57:00 A safari adventure to Africa to view corals? This might sound interesting to many people including eager adventurers like myself. I have always marveled at the wonders of the sea; beautiful marine...
By: Green Options
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Coral reefs coming back from the dead
2008-04-08 15:30:00 From Boing Boing: Perceptive Travel reports that efforts to re-seed dying coral reefs are performing better than anyone dared hope. This is the best news I've had this season -- I've been convinced that the reefs would all be dead before my daughter was old enough to dive them.
Breath Of The Ocean Links Fish Feeding, Reefs, Climate
2008-03-11 13:23:00 An ocean odor that affects global climate also gathers reef fish to feed as they "eavesdrop" on events that might lead them to food।Dimethylsulfoniopropiona-te (DMSP) is given off by algae and phytoplankton, microscopic one-celled plants that float in the ocean. Release of DMSP usually indicates either that tiny animals in the plankton are feeding on the algae, or that massive growth of algae -- an algal bloom -- has occurred, said Jennifer DeBose, a UC Davis graduate student and now a researcher with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.Once released from the ocean into the atmosphere, derivatives of DMSP promote cloud formation, so clouds reflect more sunlight back into space and cool the Earth।These sulfur compounds are also known to serve as odor signals to marine organisms and are likely to play an equally important role in marine ecology, said Gabrielle Nevitt, professor of ne...
Brazilian coral reefs: a handbook for the environmentally conscious tourist
2008-02-18 21:35:00 Copyright 2007 Tony Glvez. Read the original article at http://www.braziltravelblog.com-/2008/02/18/brazilian-coral-ree-fs/. I don’t usually like to open an entry with a photograph, but in this case the placement of the image is deliberate and has the only aim of provoking an instant reaction from the reader. What you see above is tourism on a coral ...
Taking action to save the world's endangered coral reefs - Toronto Star
2008-02-14 10:38:00 Taking action to save the world's endangered coral reefsToronto Star, Canada - 2 hours agoThis year is the International Year of the Reef, a global campaign to raise awareness about the value and health of the world's coral reefs, ...
Coral Reefs May Be Protected By Natural Ocean Thermostat
2008-02-11 11:56:00 Natural processes may prevent oceans from warming beyond a certain point, helping protect some coral reefs from the impacts of climate change, new research finds। The study, by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), finds evidence that an ocean "thermostat" appears to be helping to regulate sea-surface temperatures in a biologically diverse region of the western Pacific.The research team, led by NCAR scientist Joan Kleypas, looked at the Western Pacific Warm Pool, a region northeast of Australia where naturally warm sea-surface temperatures have risen little in recent decades. As a result, the reefs in that region appear to have suffered relatively few episodes of coral bleaching, a phenomenon that has damaged reefs in other areas where temperature increases have been more pronounced.The study* lends support to a much-debated theory that a natural ocean thermostat prevents sea-surface temperatures from e...
Environmental Groups Call for Increased Protected of Coral Reefs as World M
2008-01-26 19:18:00 Many-spotted sweet lips in Solomon Islands coral reef. Photo © Hal BeralWASHINGTON, DC — January 24, 2008 — As 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 – call on governments, businesses, scientists, non-governmental organizations and individuals around the world to vastly increase actions to protect coral reefs. The International Year of the Reef 2008, designated by the International Coral Reef Initiative, is a worldwide campaign to raise awareness about the value and importance of coral reefs and to motivate action to protect them.In 2003, the World Parks Congress urged that at least 20 to 30 percent of each marine habitat should be protected by 2012. At current levels of effort, this goal will not be achieved for coral reefs. Given the importance of these systems for ocean life and human well-being, and the special stresse...
Artificial Reefs.
2008-01-26 12:39:00 Artificial Reefs.Artificial reefs have proven to be an economic boon in communities around the state & the world. Its strongly believed that the artificial reefs help in sustaining tourism & work to improve marine resources. Artificial reefs could raise fish population.Artificial reefs are man-made structures, which can include cars or ships, concrete blocks, sandbags, offshore oil platforms that attracts marine life. Though the original artificial reefs, of course, were with the ships. (Image: Credit).Reef cone.Construction in place of an artificial reef from hollow tile blocks.Tires being placed in an array to determine their effectiveness as habitat for fish.(Image: Credit).(Image: Credit).The USS Spiegel Grove.Man made objects provide hiding places for marine life, like this sarcastic fringehead.There is a proposal for a 108-acre artificial reef at the coast of 'Ewa (Hawaii ) with a massive expansion of the 1.1-acre reef replacement required for developer Haseko's permit to b...
By: Crooked Brains
Can the crown jewel of world's coral reefs be saved? - Christian Scienc
2008-01-23 22:19:00 Can the crown jewel of world's coral reefs be saved?Christian Science Monitor, MA - 2 hours agoReporter Peter N. Spotts discusses efforts to conserve coral reefs around the world. Nusa LembongAn, Indonesia - It's 10:39 am on an overcast Tuesday when ...
Starfish outbreak destroying coral reefs in Asia
2008-01-16 11:57:00 OUTBREAKS of the notorious crown of thorns starfish is wreaking havoc in Asia's famous Coral Triangle, where it has destroyed large swathes of coral reefs, scientists in Indonesia and Australia said.The predator starfish feeds on corals by spreading its stomach over them and using digestive enzymes to liquefy tissue.The researchers found large numbers of them in Halmahera, Indonesia, which lies at the heart of the Coral Triangle.During a research trip in December, they saw a stretch of reef measuring 10 km in circumference completely wiped out.'It's quite a stark sight. The crown of thorns choose to eat some species, like staghorn corals, the branching corals disappear and you are left with just a rubble pit,' Andrew Baird of the Australia Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University said by telephone.He said the outbreak was caused by poor water quality and could be an early warning of widespread reef decline.'Humans are exacerbatin...
Humans Have Caused Profound Changes In Caribbean Coral Reefs
2008-01-11 05:46:00 Coral reefs in the Caribbean have suffered significant changes due to the proximal effects of a growing human population, reports a new study।"It is well acknowledged that coral reefs are declining worldwide but the driving forces remain hotly debated," said author Camilo Mora at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. "In the Caribbean alone, these losses are endangering a large number of species, from corals to sharks, and jeopardizing over 4 billion dollars in services worth from fisheries, tourism and coastal protection," he added."The continuing degradation of coral reefs may be soon beyond repair, if threats are not identified and rapidly controlled," Mora said. "This new study moves from the traditional localized study of threats to a region-wide scale, while simultaneously analyzing contrasting socioeconomic and environmental variables," he added.The study monitored coral reefs, including corals, fishes and macroalgae, in 322 sites across 13 countries throughout the Caribbe...
GLOBAL WARMING COULD KILL WORLD?S CORAL REEFS IN 50 YEARS
2007-12-23 11:55:00 Seventeen venerable sea scientists advise which universe leaders face a competition opposite time in scheming coral reefs, as well as a coastal communities contingent upon them for a ?inevitable impact? of taking flight levels of CO dioxide in a Earth?s ambience. Their brand brand brand brand new investigate shows which levels of CO dioxide could ...
By: Global Warming
Global warming could kill coral reefs in 2050
2007-12-14 00:08:00 Rising carbon emissions might kill off the ocean’s coral reefs by 2050, scientists warn in today’s edition of the journal Science. The review article, co-authored by 17 marine scientists in seven countries, including the National Oceanic and ...
By: ByREV Blog-u
Farewell, Coral Reefs
2007-12-13 21:09:00 Think the atmosphere is getting warmer? Be glad you’re not a coral reef. Researchers at the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology say ocean chemistry is suffering even more...
By: Green Options
Save The Coral Reefs
2007-11-14 20:02:00 my friend passed this email to me and I thought I’d share it with you all. Sign the petition as it only takes literally a few seconds to do. ————-212;————-;————&#-8212;——— Sorry to blast a mass email like this to you guys (and to everyone to whom I owe a call or email, the reason I have ...
Why Do So Many Species Live In Tropical Forests And Coral Reefs?
2007-11-14 03:03:00 ScienceDaily: There is a new development in a major debate over a controversial hypothesis of biodiversity and species abundance. Ecologists are reporting good agreement between the species richness... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Arificial Reefs, diving, fishing and Panama City Florida
2007-11-09 17:34:00 I read an interesting article today in the news herald...Danny Grizzard, director of Florida Aquatic and Marine Inc. and Mike Gomez co-owner of the Panama City Dive and Ski Center both voiced strong supports for the sinking of a decommissioned tug boat - Red Sea. The planned site is located about five miles off the St. Andrew Bay pass in 75 feet of water. Read the full article.Panama City Beach Florida, has long been a popular diving and fishing destination. While the popularity of scuba diving in our area has diminshed in recent years, this news shows that the TDC (Tourist Development Council) and others are actively interested in maintaining Panama City Beach Florida as a premier resort and vacation destination.These types of promotions and benefits to visitors represent an ongoing commitment to Panama City Beach Florida by the TDC and the community as a whole. This commitment will have long lasting effects on the Panama City Florida real estate market.Providing more family entert...
Parrot fish critical to Coral Reefs sustainability Scientists Warn
2007-11-06 05:28:00 Coral reefs could be damaged beyond repair, unless we change the way we manage the marine environment। New research by the Universities of Exeter and California Davis, published November 1, 2007 in Nature, shows how damaged Caribbean reefs will continue to decline over the next 50 years.Coral reefs conjure up images of rich, colourful ecosystems yet an increasing number of reefs are becoming unhealthy and overrun by seaweed. The research team wanted to test whether reefs that are overgrown with algae could return to good health if the original causes of the problem, such as fishing or pollution, were addressed. This could mean, for example, reducing fishing or introducing better sewage management. The study revealed that the answer is ‘no’ because coral reefs can become permanently unhealthy.In the 1980s, reefs in the Caribbean were hit by the devastating impact of the near-extinction of the herbivorous urchin, Diadema antillarum, with devastating results. Along with parrotfis...
Why Do So Many Species Live In Tropical Forests And Coral Reefs?
2007-11-05 07:40:00 The latest development in a major debate over a controversial hypothesis of biodiversity and species abundance is the subject of a paper to be published in the 1 November 2007 issue of the journal Nature। The authors report good agreement between the species richness of two of the world's most vulnerable ecosystems -- tropical forests and coral reefs -- and a simple mathematical model building on the so-called "neutral theory of biodiversity." "We're helping to refine and improve this theory because it might have important implications for the effort to protect terrestrial biodiversity from climate change and urban development," says Jayanth Banavar of the Department of Physics at Penn State, a member of the research team.The Nature paper is based on a counterintuitive assumption of neutral theory: that one can largely ignore interactions between species in modeling patterns of species abundance. The authors are physicists Igor Volkov and Jayanth Banavar of Penn State University...
Biologists create new Red Sea reefs
2007-11-01 12:17:00 One of the world's largest underwater artificial reefs in the Red Sea is proving to be a major hit among divers and fish alike.The reef is part of a plan by Israel and Jordan to conserve and rehabilitate natural reefs which have over the years slowly been destroyed. &title=">Buzz It!
Coral Kingdoms
2007-10-30 17:44:00 A Fijian reef explodes in color as a school of anthias swims past. If a soft coral hosts zooxanthellae (the algae that give coral the nutrients it needs to grow) and the water becomes too warm, the algae leave and the soft coral die. Unlike hard corals, soft corals don?t leave a limestone skeleton behind and cannot regenerate.Photograph by Tim LamanAppearing as flowers of the sea, the tentacles of an orange cup coral reach out in the waters of the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. Known for their brilliant colors, these corals inhabit the shallow areas of coral reefs.Photograph by Heather PerryA diver explores an emerald kingdom in New Zealand?s Wet Jacket Arm marine reserve. Black coral creates an undersea forest for colorful reef fish and can live for 300 years. Aiding its marine ecosystems by creating reserves, New Zealand hopes to protect 10 percent of its waters by 2010.Photograph by Brian J. Skerry Shelves of coral surround the Pacific island of Palau. Corals, smal...
What are Corals and Coral Reefs?
2007-10-30 17:44:00 Appearing as solitary forms in the fossil record more than 400 million years ago, corals are extremely ancient animals that evolved into modern reef-building forms over the last 25 million years. Coral reefs are unique (e.g., the largest structures on earth of biological origin) and complex systems. Rivaling old growth forests in longevity of their ecological communities, well-developed reefs reflect thousands of years of history (Turgeon and Asch, in press).Corals and their KindCorals are anthozoans, the largest class of organisms within the phylum Cnidaria. Comprising over 6,000 known species, anthozoans also include sea fans, sea pansies and anemones. Stony corals (scleractinians) make up the largest order of anthozoans, and are the group primarily responsible for laying the foundations of, and building up, reef structures. For the most part, scleractinians are colonial organisms composed of hundreds to hundreds of thousands of individuals, called polyps.
New Research Shows Larval Fish Use Smell To Return To Coral Reefs
2007-10-26 13:29:00 Tiny larval fish living among Australia's Great Barrier Reef spend the early days of their lives swept up in ocean currents that disperse them far from their places of birth। Given such a life history, one might assume that fish populations would be genetically homogeneous within the dispersal area. Yet the diversity of reef fish species is high and individual reefs contain different fish populations. For such rich biodiversity to have evolved, some form of population isolation is required. New research from MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) Associate Scientist Gabriele Gerlach, MBL Adjunct Senior Scientist Jelle Atema, and their colleagues shows that some fish larvae can discriminate odors in ocean currents and use scent to return to the reefs where they were born. The olfactory imprinting of natal reefs sheds light on how such a wide diversity of species arose. The homing behavior of reef fishes, the researchers contend, could support population isolation and genetic divergenc...
Coral Reefs On Brink Of Disaster, Scientists Urge Action Now
2007-10-23 13:17:00 The world has a narrow window of opportunity to save coral reefs from the destruction caused by extreme climate change, according to a unanimous statement issued today by leading Australian scientists। The call for action is the outcome of a National Forum on Coral Reef Futures, held at the Australian Academy of Sciences, in Canberra.Local action can help to re-build the resilience of reefs, and promote their recovery. It is critically important to prevent the replacement of corals by algal blooms, by reducing runoff from land and by protecting stocks of herbivorous fishes,” says Prof Hughes.“When corals die from pollution, disease or climate change, it affects all the other species on reefs that depend on corals. Without corals, the habitat is destroyed. Many reef fisheries are collapsing because of coral bleaching,” says Dr Morgan Pratchett, an Australian Research Fellow at James Cook University.“Reefs cannot be climate-proofed except via reduced emissions of greenhouse ...
How are coral reefs threatened?
2007-10-18 15:39:00 How are coral reefs threatened?In 2001, according to the World Atlas of Coral Reefs published by the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 58% of the world's coral reefs are under threat from human activities.For more information visit:http://www.unep-wcmc.org/-http://www.icran.org/http://www-.coralreef.org/portals.conserva-tion.orgSome of the major threats are:Marine pollution from commercial sea vesselsCommercial shipping illegally dumps waste materials at sea.Ballast and fuel storage tanks are emptied at sea, releasing fuel, oil and other chemicals.Anti-fouling paints leach toxic chemicals.For more information visit: http://www.imo.org/Sewage from land-based developmentsTourist developments have inappropriate water treatment and sanitation systems.Raw sewage is often dumped directly into the sea via outflow pipes that insufficiently long to prevent the sewage from being brought back to shore.Effluent release results in increased levels of nitrogen and phosp...
Radiant Reefs, Coral Kingdoms,Photos
2007-10-13 21:38:00 A coral reef near the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean showcases some of the enormous diversity found in the coral realm. Sponges, finger coral, sea fans, and brain coral give shape and color to this reef. One coral wall can hold more phyla than an entire continent.Photograph by Raul Touzon Like dancers in formation, this group of soft coral shines green in the western Pacific. Soft coral polyps differ from hard coral polyps in that they have eight tentacles while hard corals have multiples of six. Soft corals don't leave behind a hard skeleton when they die, as reefmaking hard corals do.Photograph by Wolcott Henry Glowing green fluorescent coral in Palau absorbs light at one wavelength and emits it at another. Scientists have found that corals with fluorescent properties can handle the effects of coral bleaching caused by warmer waters better than other corals. This gives fluorescent corals an edge in protecting the symbiotic algae they host.Photograph by ...
Sailboat anchored among patch reefs, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize
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By: Images of Belize
Coral Reefs In The News
2007-09-02 14:40:00 Fishers warned of coral reef fin fish restrictions - ABC Online 30 Aug 2007 at 5:52pm Fishers warned of coral reef fin fish restrictions ABC Online, Australia - Aug 30, 2007 Fines of up to $75000 will soon apply to those caught fishing coral reef fin fish...
By: Aquarists Online
Coral Reefs In The News
2007-08-18 21:55:00 Trying to Save the Coral Reefs - TIME 17 Aug 2007 at 3:02pm Trying to Save the Coral Reefs TIME - Aug 17, 2007 A school of fish pass over a coral reef at Hanauma Bay, Hawaii...
By: Aquarists Online
Are the Coral Reefs Dying?
2007-08-18 18:42:00 Time reports on “a canary in the global warming coal mine”: Trying to Save the Coral Reefs Near the close of the 1960s, a squadron of young scuba divers headed out into the warm waters of the South Pacific, tanks of air strapped to their backs and syringes at the ready. Their mission, one lethal injection at ...
By: Kmareka.com
Coral Reefs In The News
2007-08-12 11:20:00 Indo-Pacific coral reefs are disappearing - Science Daily (press release) 9 Aug 2007 at 4:53pm Carib Journal Indo-Pacific coral reefs are disappearing Science Daily (press release) - Aug 9, 2007 full story Coral Reef Decline - Not Just Overfishing (August 31, 2005) — Scientists widely agree that coral reefs are in declining...
By: Aquarists Online
Pacific Ocean coral reefs are dying faster than expected
2007-08-10 17:33:00 Coral reefs in much of the Pacific Ocean are dying faster than thought, with little difference between well-protected and poorly managed areas, says a study released Wednesday. Researchers from the University of North Carolina examined some 6,000 surveys of more than 2,600 coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific - stretching from the Indonesian island of Sumatra to ...
Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs Disappearing More Rapidly Than Expected
2007-08-10 12:47:00 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 disappeared per year since the late 1960s, twice the rate of rainforest loss. The reefs are disappearing at a rate of one percent per year, a decline that began decades earlier than expected, the researchers discovered. Historically, coral cover, a measure of reef health, hovered around 50 percent. Today, only about 2 percent of reefs in the Indo-Pacific have coral cover close to the historical baseline"We have already lost half of the world's reef-building corals," said John Bruno, lead study author and associate professor of marine ecology and conservation in the department of marine sciences in UNC-Chapel Hill's College of Arts and Sciences.The study provides the first regional-scale and long-term analysis of coral loss in the region, where relatively little was known about patterns o...
Coral reefs dying faster than expected
2007-08-09 11:43:00 Coral reefs in much of the Pacific Ocean are dying faster than previously thought, according to a study released Wednesday, with the decline driven by climate change, disease and coastal development। Researchers from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill found that coral coverage in the Indo-Pacific — an area stretching from Indonesia's Sumatra island to French Polynesia — dropped 20 percent in the past two decades.About 600 square miles of reefs have disappeared since the 1960s, the study found, and the losses were just as bad in Australia's well-protected Great Barrier Reef as they were in poorly managed marine reserves in the Philippines. "We found the loss of reef building corals was much more widespread and severe than previously thought," said John Bruno, who conducted the study along with Elizabeth Selig. "Even the best managed reefs in the Indo-Pacific suffered significant coral loss over the past 20 years."The study, which examined 6,000 surveys of more th...
Coral reefs are in danger
2007-07-14 15:53:00 The colonies of coral reeves are on the verge of disappearance because of the illness which is called a “white syndrom” by oceanologists. It is expressed in occurrence of white stains which bring ruin to corals. Sea organisms of the Big Barrier reef in Australia, archipelagoes of Caribbean sea and the area of Kirama islands in ...
By: DaTravelers.com
Tires Dumped to Create Artificial Reefs
2007-07-10 01:19:00 Earlier when tires were being dumped into the oceans people thought it was a good idea to get rid of waste and to create artificial reefs, but it completely backfired. In the rough and corrosive environment of the ocean, nylon straps wore out and snapped, cables rusted, and tires broke .........
New disease threatens world's coral reefs - Asahi Shimbun
2007-06-30 04:14:00 Asahi ShimbunNew disease threatens world's coral reefsAsahi Shimbun, Japan - 53 minutes agoThere are about 284000 square kilometers of coral reef around the world. That amounts to only about 1.2 percent of the area of continental shelves. ...
Herpes Virus Killing Coral Reefs
2007-06-29 00:00:00 Weird but true, herpes virus are killing coral reefs. Research shows that herpes outbreaks are common in coral reefs and are killing them. I wonder what coral reef cold sores look like. And I wonder who's infecting them. News Article
By: RetardZone
Six Couples Stranded on Reefs During Wedding Shoot
2007-06-15 21:23:00 Taking photographs of a wedding is a pleasant memory for new couples. But six happy pairs were left stranded for six hours on Wednesday while snapping away on reefs, 50 kilometers [50 meters according to the original story in Chinese] away from the bank of the Badaguan in Qingdao in Shandong province. The Hebei province couples and four photographers were too busy to notice the rising tide at Badaguan or "Eight Passes" seashore, the Peninsula Metropolitan News reported. Via Neatorama
By: Attuworld
A Second Look at our Coral Reefs
2007-05-29 09:28:00 A good point stressed out by the Taiwanese is to stop all the blaming and finger pointing with regards to the safety and upkeep of most of our environmental resources such as our coral reefs and start thinking of ways to restore them. Such was the issue since careful deliberation regarding the status of coral ...
Investigating Coral Reefs to Help Understand Past and Future Climate Change
2007-05-16 17:16:00 From ScienceDaily Headlines: Increasing Earth temperatures and rising sea levels. Both of these are effects of climate change. T...
Famous Caymans Coral Reefs Dying
2007-05-10 13:06:00 Cayman Islands -- 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 destinations in the world, the reef system of the western Caribbean territory has lost 50 percent of its hard corals in the last 10 years in spite of strong environmental laws, scientists say. "We are at a very critical time in the history of coral reefs," said Carrie Manfrino, president of the Central Caribbean Marine Institute on Little Cayman island. "It is like working with a sick patient. How well we treat that patient will determine if that patient survives. We could potentially see the end of hard coral reefs in our lifetime." The Caymans tourism industry, which represents about 50 percent of the colony's gross domestic product, was kick-started in 1957 when dive industry pioneer Bob Soto opened the first scuba diving operation in the Caribbean. Fifty years later, about 2 mi...
Earthquake Causes Coral Reefs to Die
2007-04-13 17:39:00 From LiveScience.com: A 2005 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia raised an island nearly four feet out of the water, causing o...
Salt water aquarists can help save the reefs.
2007-03-25 22:37:00 Anybody, anywhere around the world can help save the reefs ? the more people that are knowledgeable about salt water life can lead to a better future for natures coral reefs. Coral reefs all around the world are in danger ? in danger from man themselves. In man’s efforts to evolve we are damaging natures creations ...
By: Aquarists Online
Explosions to clear reefs on Yangtze River successful
2007-03-06 12:46:05 Beijing, Mar 6: The explosions to clear a series of reefs that hamper smooth shipping on the lower reaches of the China's longest river Yangtze was "successful," the state media reported today.
By: newkerala.com
Caribbean corals may hold key to protect reefs from global warming effects
2007-03-05 18:45:02 Washington, Mar 5: Global warming is fatal to many reefs and some species of corals are only comfortable within a 12-degree temperature range, but the Caribbean gorgonian sea fan corals are able to fight the heat, says a recent study by Cornell professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.
By: newkerala.com
Caribbean corals may hold key to protect reefs from global warming effects
2007-03-03 18:42:03 Washington, Mar 3: Global warming is fatal to many reefs and some species of corals are only comfortable within a 12-degree temperature range, but the Caribbean gorgonian sea fan corals are able to fight the heat, says a recent study by Cornell professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.
By: newkerala.com
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