Archive for ‘coral reef’
Researchers looking at coral threats
January 24th, 2008
Even coral reefs thought to be pristine are facing challenges, researchers said Thursday launching the International Year of the Reef. The year of the reef is a “campaign to highlight the importance of coral reef ecosystems and to motivate people to protect them,” Conrad Lautenbacher, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said at a briefing.
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Deep sea probe to track Australia climate change
January 10th, 2008
Australian and U.S. scientists will send an unmanned submersible 2.5 kms (1.5 miles) deep into the ocean off Australia next week to track climate change by studying coral at unprecedented depths.
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New approach needed to save coral reefs-study
January 8th, 2008
A growing human population is pushing coral reefs in the Caribbean to breaking point and saving them will require a new, larger-scale approach, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Global warming could see corals migrate, expert says
January 2nd, 2008
Global warming could send Australia’s corals migrating south to where the waters are cooler, scientists said Wednesday.
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Persian Gulf pollution problems
December 19th, 2007
Coral reefs and dolphins are under threat from pollution in the Persian Gulf which has heavy oil tanker traffic.
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Balinese farm coral to boost fish catch, income
December 9th, 2007
Algae-covered lumps of cement would make a strange catch for most fishermen, but they have helped revive a Bali fishing village devastated by reckless tourist development and ‘mining’ of reefs for building materials.
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Indonesia’s corals threatened by climate change
November 28th, 2007
It is a country with some of the world’s richest coral reefs. But scientists fear many of Indonesia’s pyschedelic reefs, already significantly damaged by blast fishing and pollution, now face an even graver threat: global warming.
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Giant Ship Sunk to Create Reef
November 17th, 2007
A World War II ship that served for decades as a training vessel for Texas A&M University sea cadets was sunk in open waters off the Texas coast. The Texas Clipper now begins its new mission as an underwater habitat and diving destination.
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Building an Artificial Reef
October 25th, 2007
Designer reefs made from concrete balls help replace and support natural ones as overfishing, pollutants and disease take a toll on vital ecosystems.
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Artificial reef in the Red Sea
October 15th, 2007
Scientists hope that the creation of an artificial reef in the Red Sea will help protect coral reefs.
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