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Sherwin-Williams Announces Coral Reef as Color of the Year 2015
2014-12-01 06:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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Effect ocean acidification: Coral growth rate Great Barrier Reef plummets 30-year comparison
2014-09-18 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A team of researchers working on a Carnegie expedition in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has documented that coral growth rates have plummeted 40% since the mid-1970s. The scientists suggest that ocean acidification may be playing an important role in this perilous slowdown. In a quest for historical context on the peril facing coral reefs, the team compared current measurements of the growth rate of a section of Australia's Great Barrier Reef with similar measurements taken more than 30 years...
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Coral Deaths to Increase in Great Barrier Reef This Summer: Researchers
2014-07-07 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: University of Queensland researchers predict an increase in coral deaths this summer. Researchers studied the Porites coral colonies or 'bommies' in the Great Barrier Reef. Porites are considered to be more resistant to environmental changes than other types of corals. Understanding how climate change will affect the tough corals could help determine the extent of damage that the Great Barrier Reef will suffer in the future, researchers said. "We found that there has been a significant correlation...
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Coral Reef Restoration Cheap, Effective Way of Saving Coastlines; Researchers Say
2014-05-14 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Saving coral reefs could be an efficient and cheaper way of saving world's coastlines, a new study has found. Coral reefs are delicate ecosystems and provide shelter to 25 percent of all marine organisms. The latest study found that these reefs can act as the "tough guy" against waves and can dissipate around 97 percent of the wave energy. Researchers used data from 27 previous studies conducted in different regions around the world, from coasts that see normal waves to hurricane level waves....
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Research shows fishing affects coral reef recovery
2014-04-19 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pacific Sunday News: Climate change continues to warm the waters around the islands in the Pacific Ocean, causing various types of damage to the surrounding reefs. One ecologist from the University of Guam believes "localized stressors" have a large impact on the recovery time of coral reef communities. But if looked at from a stakeholder approach, he's confident island communities can clearly define the future of coral reef communities. Peter Houk, coral reef ecologist from UOG's Marine Laboratory, presented...
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