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Indonesia coral reefs under dire climate-change threat
2015-02-12 09:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Indonesia's once pristine coral reefs have been severely threatened by rising temperatures reportedly caused by climate change. They are suffering from bleaching, so instead of their normal myriad of colours, they are turning completely white. Al Jazeera's Steve Chao visited one of the world's most important coral reefs facing destruction in Indonesia.
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Coral reefs are about to crash in a big way
2015-01-28 20:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Coral reefs cover just 0.1 percent of the ocean floor, but provide habitat to 25 percent of sea-dwelling fish species. That`s why coral scientist C. Mark Eakin, who coordinates the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration`s Coral Reef Watch program, is surprised that the warning he has been sounding since last year - that the globe`s corals appear to be on the verge of a mass-scale bleaching event - hasn`t drawn more media attention. Bleaching happens when corals lose contact with zooxanthellae,...
Into the dark: Two new encrusting anemones found in coral reef caves
2015-01-28 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Research primarily conducted in Okinawa, Japan, by graduate student Yuka Irei and associate professor James Davis Reimer from the University of the Ryukyus, along with Dr. Frederic Sinniger from JAMSTEC, has found two new species of encrusting anemones, or colonial zoantharians, in unexpected locations. The study was published in the open access journal <a href=”http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys” target=”_…
As Oceans Heat Up, Race Save World's Coral Reefs
2015-01-16 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Early one December morning, Chris Langdon, a biological oceanographer at the University of Miami, zipped up his wet suit and dropped overboard just off Key Largo to inspect a section of Florida's ailing coral reef. His living "laboratory," 15 feet down, is the size of several football fields. Last summer a large bleaching event turned much of the coral white. Bleaching occurs when water temperatures rise or fall. Even a slight fluctuation can set it off. The result is dramatic and often fatal....
Global warming blamed for Pacific coral bleaching
2014-12-22 01:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The Marshall Islands is experiencing its worst-ever coral bleaching as global warming threatens reefs across the entire northern Pacific, scientists said Monday. Marine researchers said an El Nino weather pattern had been developing in recent months, raising ocean temperatures and stressing delicate coral reefs. "The worst coral bleaching event ever recorded for the Marshall Islands has been occurring since mid-September," Karl Fellenius, a Majuro-based marine scientist with the University...
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