Emily Tripp Senior Writer A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater lab off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral reefs in the Caribbean. The research team, led by Georgia Tech Professor Mark Hay, is living 50 feet below [...]
Emily Tripp Senior Writer A new study from researchers at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) details the loss of coral reef species during the 2010 cold snap. Their results are published in the August 2011 issue of PLoS ONE. “It was a major setback,” said Diego Lirman, associate professor [...]
Emily Tripp Senior Writer A new study from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) concluded that ocean acidification and increasing ocean temperatures will likely decrease diversity and resilience of coral reef ecosystems within the century. The study was completed by RSMAS scientists Chris Langdon, Remy Okazaki and Nancy Muehllehner [...]
Some of American Samoa’s coral reefs were in bad shape already and may now, after the September 29 tsunami, never recover.
Last Thursday the Queensland Parliament passed the Great Barrier Reef Protection Amendment Bill. The new law targets reducing the run-off of nutrients, pesticides and sediment from farming land onto the Great Barrier Reef.
An intl. team of scientists has proposed that bans on fishing gear could aid in the recovery of reefs and fish populations hit by coral bleaching events.
A disturbing new study proves the last 40 years to have been devastating for the vast majority of coral reefs in the Caribbean.
Wildlife Conservation Society’s newest research shows some coral reefs may survive effects of ongoing climate change through better fisheries management.
A devastating coral bleaching episode is predicted to occur in the Coral Sea between now and February. If the bleaching has the effects that NOAA is predicting, marine life in the surrounding areas will be severely damaged. Reports from NOAA say that the bleaching will occur in parts of the Coral Sea, adjacent to Australia’s [...]
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