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Continental drift created biologically diverse coral reefs
2016-05-06 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: Coral reefs such as the Great Barrier Reef (shown here) are extremely species-rich habitats. Credit: Simon Gingins Nowhere today is the biodiversity of corals and reef-inhabiting fish higher than in the tropical water…
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Why dead coral reefs could mark beginning of dangerous climate change
2016-04-13 15:09:09| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post: The island of Kiritimati is one of the worlds most remote places -- one of several dozen atolls making up the tiny island nation of Kiribati, a speck in the Pacific Ocean more than a thousand miles south of Hawaii. But, isolated as it is, news of its devastated coral is turning heads around the world. A recent expedition has revealed that the reefs around Kiritimati have suffered a catastrophic mass die-off -- an event that epitomizes what may be an ugly truth about the ability of coral reefs around...
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Coral Reefs Bounce Back Despite Warming Of Oceans
2016-03-26 15:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: Coral reefs have managed to bounce back, despite being under constant threat of extinction. However, marine scientists caution these fragile ecosystems are still being threatened by global warming, pollution and human activity. The discovery of a large number of coral reefs in excellent health has been quite a joyous occasion for the researchers who routinely deal with ominous news like mass die-offs, worldwide bleaching events, oil spills, and such other calamities which have been pushing the...
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These Coral Reefs Are Crystal Ball Future Change
2015-12-04 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Christmas Island sits about as close to the middle of the Pacific as you can get. The main island of Kiribati, a small island nation, is 3,300 miles from San Francisco, 3,800 miles from Brisbane and just 140 miles north of the equator. Its closest neighbor of note is Hawaii, which is still 1,250 miles away. Some might say it's as close to the middle of nowhere as you can get. But it's at the center of one of the biggest climate events in decades. A super El Nio has raised water temperatures to...
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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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