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Loss of tropical coral reefs could be first irreversible climate consequence
2014-01-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Many people are by now familiar with the Keeling curve, a graph showing the steady increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured over decades by the Mauna Loa Observatory, the world's longest-running CO2 monitoring station. The research, started by renowned climate scientist Dave Keeling in 1958, is considered one of the pillars of the scientific consensus that human activity is the main driver of climate change. This year, the data revealed a troubling milestone: CO2 concentrations had...
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Species Diversity In Coral Reefs Hints At How Coral Responds To Climate Change
2013-12-14 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: It is widely known that coral reefs are being put in jeopardy by rising water temperatures caused by climate change. A team of marine biologists, led by Penn State University, has made a surprising discovery that suggests that very similar looking coral species actually differ in how they survive in harsh environments. "We`ve found that previously unrecognized species diversity was hiding some corals` ability to respond to climate change," said Iliana Baums, associate professor of biology at Penn...
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Coral reefs may be more adaptive to climate change than once thought
2013-10-29 22:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Scientists studying the catastrophic phenomena of coral bleaching have concluded that reef systems may be more adaptable to increasingly warmer oceans than previously believed. The study -- published online in the journal Global Change Biology -- is heartening news, coming in the face of dire predictions that had the world's coral reefs disappearing by the middle of the century. The work was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and conducted by researchers at Cal State...
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Coral Reefs Give the Ocean it's Smell, Fight Global Warming; Study
2013-10-24 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Coral reefs aren't just spectacular, but they are also the 'smell of the ocean'. A new study has found that coral animals produce a sulfur compound that gives the water body its typical smell and protects them from global warming. This sulfur also influences local cloud formation. The study, conducted by researchers at Australian Institute of Marine Science and colleagues, found that the coral animals produces dimethylsulphoniopropionate, which gives the characteristic oceanic smell. DMSP even...
How to Save Coral Reefs from Climate Change: Genetic Manipulation
2013-10-16 23:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Whats the best idea for reducing the impacts of ocean acidification on the environment and society? After all, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere continue to go up and up and up, which suggests that the pH of seawater will continue to fall and fall and fall. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has weighed in with its opinion: genetics for coral. Heres how the winning scientists Ruth Gates of the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Madeleine von Oppen from the Australian Institute of Marine...
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