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Corals in trouble by middle of this century
Nearly one-third of CO2 emissions due to human activities enters the world's oceans, making them less alkaline and affecting calcification of corals. By the middle of the century, corals at the Northern edges of the tropics will be in trouble with the Hawaiian island reefs will be among the first to feel the impact. -
Soft Coral is Reef Building
Scientists have long believed soft corals, one of the many endangered elements of marine life, are only minor contributors to the structure of coral reefs. But that’s not true, says new research from Tel Aviv University. A new in-depth analysis of reefs in the South China Sea has revealed that massive parts of the reefs are [...] -
Mapping Coral Disease Clusters in the Caribbean
In the last 30 years, more than 90 percent of the reef-building coral in the Caribbean has disappeared because of a disease of unknown origin. Now, scientists from the University of Florida have used a GIS (geographic information system) to show the whereabouts of the clusters of diseased coral. Their findings, published in the [...] -
Google Earth Shows Marine Prey and Predator Interactions
Watching Google Earth over time could show the effects of predator removal, such as through fishing, nearly anywhere on Earth, according to a study published this week in Scientific Reports. -
Scientists Reveal New Technique to Monitor Coral Reef ‘Vital Signs’
With the world’s coral reefs threatened by coastal development, pollution, rising sea temperatures and other factors, scientists have developed a new method to monitor the health of these underwater ecosystems. -
Fish mucous cocoons: the mosquito nets of the sea
Researchers have found that fish have developed their own mosquito nets in order to get a good night's sleep. -
Climate Change Remains a Threat to Corals
Hopes that coral reefs might be able to survive, and recover from, bleaching caused by climate change have grown dimmer for certain coral species. It was previously thought that corals may be able to take up stress-tolerant algae to provide critical nutrients, but they cannot do this for any length of time. -
Killer Seaweed Damages Coral
Field studies have shown for the first time that several common species of seaweeds in both the Pacific (Fiji) and Caribbean (Panama) can kill corals upon contact. They use chemicals to do the deed. A study documenting the chemical effects of seaweeds on corals was published this week in the early online edition of the journal [...] -
Red and pink corals remain unprotected
A proposal to regulate trade in precious red and pink corals, widely used in jewellery, was defeated again at a CITES meeting this week. -
Red Grouper create home for many animals
Researchers from Florida State University have found that Red Grouper (Epinephelus morio) dig out and maintain complex structures at the bottom of the sea. They remove sand, exposing hard rocks that are crucial to corals and sponges and the animals that rely on them. The work demonstrates that Red Groupers modify their environment, much as [...]
