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Needed: Old-age homes for coral reef fish
2015-12-31 16:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Reef fish may take longer to recover from overfishing than previously thought. While smaller fish with short life spans tend to rebound quickly in protected reefs, larger, slow growing fish may need more than 100 years of strong protection to fully recover, a new study concludes. The study was published online this month in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Tim McClanahan, senior conservationist for the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Nick Graham, a researcher with James Cook University...
Gala Coral sells bingo clubs ahead of mega merger
2015-12-21 14:57:23| Trucking - Topix.net
Betting firm Gala Coral said it has completed the sale of 130 bingo clubs for A 241 million, as it prepares itself for its mega merger with Ladbrokes. Gala Coral sold the bingo clubs to buyout firm Caledonia Investments, concluding a deal that was first announced in October.
These Coral Reefs Are Crystal Ball Future Change
2015-12-04 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Christmas Island sits about as close to the middle of the Pacific as you can get. The main island of Kiribati, a small island nation, is 3,300 miles from San Francisco, 3,800 miles from Brisbane and just 140 miles north of the equator. Its closest neighbor of note is Hawaii, which is still 1,250 miles away. Some might say it's as close to the middle of nowhere as you can get. But it's at the center of one of the biggest climate events in decades. A super El Nio has raised water temperatures to...
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Scientists attempt breed 'super coral' save threatened reefs
2015-11-05 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Scientists at a research centre on Hawaiis Coconut Island have embarked on an experiment to grow super coral that they hope can withstand the hotter and more acidic oceans that are expected with global warming. The quest to grow the hearty coral comes at a time when researchers are warning about the dire health of the worlds reefs, which create habitats for marine life, protect shorelines and drive tourist economies. When coral is stressed by changing environmental conditions, it expels...
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Can the world's coral be saved?
2015-11-01 07:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Two Steps is a perfect snorkeling spot on the Big Island of Hawaii. Black lava rocks step down twice into the clear waters of a small bay where, on a good day, you're guaranteed to see brightly colored fish and green sea turtles shoaling through myriad forms of coral in shades of brown, green, yellow, pink and purple. But if you happened to visit last month, you would have found about 30% of the corals bleached wedding-cake white. It's a sure sign that the ocean is heating up. Overly warm water...
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