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Older coral species more hardy, biologists say
2014-08-18 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: New research indicates older species of coral have more of what it takes to survive a warming and increasingly polluted climate, according to biologists from the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. The researchers examined 140 samples of 14 species of Caribbean corals for a study published by the open-access journal PLOS ONE on Aug. 18. Jorge H. Pinzón C., a postdoctoral researcher in the UT Arlington Department of Biology, is lead author on the study....
Caribbean coral reefs could disappear "within a few decades."
2014-07-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: Coral reefs in the Caribbean are on track to "virtually disappear within a few decades," a major new report warns. But there's also a way to slow decline. Protecting just a single fish -- the brightly colored parrotfish -- could help save the reefs from doom. There's little doubt that the Caribbean's coral reefs have declined sharply since the 1970s, under heavy stress from invasive pathogens, overfishing, coastal pollution, tourism, and now global warming that's heating up the oceans. It's...
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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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Caribbean coral reefs in alarming decline, but problem can be reversed
2014-07-03 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Caribbean coral reefs are at risk of disappearing within the next 20 years because of pollution, overfishing and the loss of grazers, unless action is taken to restore them to full health. A new comprehensive study by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the UN Environment Programme (Unep) analysed more than 100 locations in the Caribbean generating tourism revenue of around $3 billion and found that coral reef in the region...
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El Nio Could Spell Disaster for Coral Reefs
2014-06-08 07:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A growing number of scientists are predicting a major El Nio weather event this year, which could wreak havoc across South America and Asia as droughts, floods and other extreme weather events hit industry and farming. But the impacts on the world's coral reefs could be even more disastrous. The last big El Nio in 1997/98 caused the worst coral bleaching in recorded history. In total, 16 percent of the world's coral was lost and some countries like the Maldives lost up to 90 percent of their...
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