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Tourism threatening white sand beaches, coral reefs in Asia
2013-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asahi Shimbun: The white sand beaches make Boracay island one of the world's favorite tourist destinations. However, over-development and a lack of social infrastructure are threatening to swallow up this valuable tourist asset. The problem is clearly evident every day as tourists, who were at one point relaxing on deck chairs set out on the beach, have to hike up their shorts and dresses as tides come rolling in right up to where their hotels are located. Dionisio Salme, the owner of a hotel on Boracay,...
Climbing CO2 Hurting Marine Life From Oysters to Coral
2013-08-25 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Climbing levels of carbon dioxide are harming all forms of marine life as the gas dissolves in the oceans, making them more acidic, German researchers say. Mollusks, corals and echinoderms, a class of creatures that includes starfish and sea urchins, are the worst affected by the uptake of CO2 by the seas, according to a study in the journal Nature Climate Change by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven. The gas forms carbonic acid when it dissolves in the oceans, lowering...
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Why Some Coral Reefs Might Survive Climate Change
2013-08-14 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Popular Science: The world is clobbering coral reefs, home to 25 percent of all marine species. Agricultural runoff pollutes the water around them; coastal developments tear them up; overfishing kills their inhabitants; and carbon dioxide emissions make the oceans too hot and acidic. In a provocative op-ed for the New York Times last year, Roger Bradbury, an ecologist at Australian National University, declared that reefs are zombie ecosystems . . . on a trajectory to collapse within a human generation. The slightly...
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DEQ raises concerns on coral bleaching
2013-08-12 19:02:14| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Division of Environmental Quality and its Marine Monitoring Program would like to inform the general public that there have been documented and confirmed incidents of coral bleaching at some of the near shore reefs around Saipan.
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Funky Buddha Dinners at Hot and Soul; Whole Foods Coral Springs
2013-08-09 22:06:45| Grocery - Topix.net
What do you do when your craft brewery doesn't serve food? You bring the beer to some of the best restaurants in south Florida and co-host awesome beer pairing dinners.
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