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Coral reefs better coping rising sea temperatures than thought
2014-05-30 09:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Coral reefs are under threat from rising sea temperatures caused by global warming. But in a recent paper, published in Science, it was found that certain types of coral are able to adapt to tolerate higher sea temperatures by changing the genes they express. Scientists think this new discovery could be used to devise new ways of protecting coral reefs, as well as improving our predictions of how they will cope with climate change in the future. Marine rainforests Known as the "rainforests...
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How coral reefs can help us endure climate change
2014-05-20 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Sea levels are rising and tropical cyclones are intensifying, which is bad news for about 200 million people who live along Earth's coasts. If only evolution had spent millions of years fine-tuning some kind of sea creature to build and maintain giant barriers that can soften the ocean's fury for us. It did: corals. The reefs these animals build are well-known to scientists and surfers for absorbing the blow of incoming waves and creating big, dramatic breaks. But now, thanks to a new study, we...
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Great Barriers: Reefs First Line of Coastal Defense
2014-05-14 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A new study quantifies what many surfers already know: coral reefs help defuse incoming waves and create huge breaks. While that helps determine where to hang ten, it also hints at something much more important: reefs are a first line of defense for coastal communities when it comes to storm surge protection and that in many cases, they are much more efficient and cost effective than building sea walls. Coral reef scenery off the coast of Egypt. In a warming world where sea levels are rising...
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These reefs are beautiful but most of the coral is dead
2014-05-07 15:38:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: One tiny Caribbean island is scrambling to save its coral in the face of global warming. Grand Cayman Island is a speck of white sand about twice the size of Manhattan floating in the Caribbean Sea halfway between Cuba and Belize. It`s known mainly as an offshore tax haven--"Wolf of Wall Street" Jordan Belfort spoke to a gathering of business leaders there recently--and as a stopover for cruise ships packed with sunburned Americans sipping bright blue cocktails with paper umbrellas. It`s also...
Coral Reefs Down for Count
2014-05-01 15:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: My visit to Heron Island revealed that evolution does not always generate elegant or even obviously efficient solutions. Instead, the island ecosystem, with its bird-killing trees and turtle-gobbling sharks, is built on what appear to be profligately inefficient exploitation of the rich resources generated by the reef. To me, the coral reef, with its myriad species and complex food webs, seems fully-realized and enduring, while the relatively few island species form an ecosystem that seems more tenuous...
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