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Isolated Coral Reefs Can Heal Themselves
2013-04-04 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Coral reefs may be more independent and resilient than previously thought. New research shows that an isolated reef off the northwest coast of Australia that was severely damaged by a period of warming in 1998 has regenerated in a very short time to become nearly as healthy as it was before. What surprises scientists, though, is that the reef regenerated by itself, found a study published today (April 4) in the journal Science. Until now, scientists have thought that damaged reefs depend on...
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Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories
2013-03-22 15:07:28| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
series:Coral Reefs of the WorldThe tropical UK Territories have extensive coral reefs. Huge parts of these areas are exceptionally rich, productive and diverse. Their marine biodiversity exceeds that of the UK itself, and several are already, or are planned to be, strictly protected. Some of these areas serve as reference sites for many other countries with damaged reefs and they are oases of tropical marine biodiversity ...
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Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories
2013-03-14 08:41:25| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
series:Coral Reefs of the WorldThe tropical UK Territories have extensive coral reefs. Huge parts of these areas are exceptionally rich, productive and diverse. Their marine biodiversity exceeds that of the UK itself, and several are already, or are planned to be, strictly protected. Some of these areas serve as reference sites for many other countries with damaged reefs and they are oases of tropical marine biodiversity ...
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Climate Change Threatens Caribbean Coral Reefs
2013-02-14 22:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Scientists and researchers are working together in a new initiative to collect data that will help determine the effects of climate change on coral in the Caribbean Sea. "We want to know how climate change will impact our corals. So we will measure variables that would impact corals due to climate change," said Mark Bynoe, senior research economist at the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC). Bynoe told IPS that the idea behind the project is to be able to able to...
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