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AkzoNobel Helps Paint \'Picture of Hope\' in Fight to Save Coral Reefs
2018-07-20 14:15:00| Coatings World Breaking News
Algae fortifies coral reefs in past and present
2017-08-28 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: Lead author of the study Anna Weiss, a Ph.D. candidate in The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences, at a fossilized reef in Adnet, Austria Credit: Anna Weiss The Great Barrier Reef, and most other large reefs around the worl…
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Coral reefs and their communities may be severely affected by rising CO2 levels
2016-11-09 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE:Â This figure depicts country-level dependence on coral reef ecosystem services and future combined normalized scores (2-20) for ocean acidification and thermal stress. The darker brown swaths indicate higher human dependence Credit: Pendleton et al (2016)…
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Extensive deep coral reefs in Hawaii harbor unique species and high coral cover
2016-10-04 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] A team of sixteen researchers has completed a comprehensive investigation of deep coral-reef environments, known as mesophotic coral ecosystems, throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago. The study, published in the open-access journal PeerJ, spanned more than two decades and involved a combination of submersibles, remotely operated vehicles, drop-cameras, data recorders, and advanced mixed-gas diving to study these difficult-to-reach environments. The researchers documented vast a…
Climate changes affecting Maldives coral reefs getting bleached due to warmer sea temperature
2016-08-09 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
India Live: After the Great Barrier reef, Maldives is the new victim of climate change. About 60% of the once-pristine coral reefs of the Maldives have been bleached and in some area this figures reaches to 90%. The study was conducted by the Maldives Marine Research Centre and the Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The Indian Ocean archipelago is known for its colorful coral gardens but The Ocean Agency says that a strong El...
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