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Scientists attempt breed 'super coral' save threatened reefs

2015-11-05 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Scientists at a research centre on Hawaiis Coconut Island have embarked on an experiment to grow super coral that they hope can withstand the hotter and more acidic oceans that are expected with global warming. The quest to grow the hearty coral comes at a time when researchers are warning about the dire health of the worlds reefs, which create habitats for marine life, protect shorelines and drive tourist economies. When coral is stressed by changing environmental conditions, it expels...

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Report: BP Spill Led to Greater Damage Coral Reefs Than Previously Thought

2015-10-27 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Gulf coral damage from the massive BP oil spill is more extensive than previously thought, according to a new study that revealed sick and dying corals in the rich, deep-water environment off the coasts of Alabama and Mississippi known as the Pinnacles. Using remotely operated submarines, researchers explored the Pinnacle Reef in September 2011 and found more than 400 coral colonies were injured. Corals -- such as sea whips, sea fans and black corals -- were covered in a scum of dead tissues and...

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Lathering up with sunscreen may protect against cancer -- killing coral reefs worldwide

2015-10-21 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Lathering up with sunscreen may prevent sunburn and protect against cancer, but it is also killing coral reefs around the world. That's the conclusion of a team of international scientists, which includes University of Central Florida professor and diving enthusiast John Fauth. The researchers found that oxybenzone, a common UV-filtering compound, is in high concentrations in the waters around the more popular coral reefs in Hawaii, and the Caribbean. The chemical not only kills the coral,...

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Sunscreen is proven toxic to coral reefs

2015-10-20 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] The daily use of sunscreen bearing an SPF of 15 or higher is widely acknowledged as essential to skin cancer prevention, not to mention skin damage associated with aging. Though this sunscreen may be very good for us, it may be very bad for the environment, a new Tel Aviv University study finds. New research published in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology finds that a common chemical in sunscreen lotions and other cosmetic products poses an existen…

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Hot Oceans Are Killing Coral Reefs Around the World

2015-10-08 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: For the past year, the world's corals have been getting increasingly pummeled by climate change. Now with El Nio kicking ocean heat into overdrive, much of the world's oceans have turned deadly for the world's corals. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a global coral bleaching event. This year joins the ranks of 1997 and 2010 as the only times on record that bleaching has occurred in all three of the world's oceans that support coral at the same...

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