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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. -
Hamlet fish sheds light on evolution
SCUBA divers record distribution of reef fish and help make evolution discovery. -
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. -
Healthiest US Coral Reef is in Gulf of Mexico
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is among the healthiest coral reef ecosystems in the US Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, according to a new NOAA report. Sanctuary managers will use the report to track and monitor changes in the marine ecosystem located 70 to 115 miles off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. “We [...] -
Belize barrier reef in Danger
UNESCO has added the Belize Barrier Reef to its list of world heritage sites in danger. The reef was added as a world heritage site in 1996 as the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, with offshore atolls, several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons and estuaries. The main problem with Belize Barrier [...] -
Manage corals and minimise climate change
A better assessment of the threats to coral reefs along with improved management will give corals a much higher chance of survival in the face of warming oceans, says IUCN‘s latest report. “We already know that climate change is destroying coral reefs through warming waters that cause coral bleaching and through acidifying oceans that hinders [...] -
Fifth of corals dead: only emission cuts can save the rest, says IUCN
The world has lost 19 percent of its coral reefs, according to the 2008 global update of the world’s reef status. The report, released by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, shows if current trends in carbon dioxide emissions continue, many of the remaining reefs may be lost over the next 20 to 40 years. [...] -
One Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Extinction
One third of reef-building corals around the world are threatened with extinction, according to the first-ever comprehensive global assessment to determine their conservation status. The study findings were published yesterday by Science Express. Leading coral experts joined forces with the Global Marine Species Assessment (GMSA) – a joint initiative of the International Union for Conservation [...] -
ROV Finds New Coral Species
Researchers on the third-largest atoll in the world, the Saba Bank in the Netherlands Antilles, have discovered and collected two new species of soft corals (gorgonians) and documented severe anchor damage with the aid of a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) from Seabotix. Experts from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, and [...]
