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New study shows S Florida soft corals may withstand climate change

2014-12-15 00:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Miami Herald: As the oceans absorb more carbon on a planet increasingly choked by greenhouse gases, scientists worry its reefs -- the great storm-deflecting rampart for much of the tropics -- will crumble and fall. But for the first time, a new study by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and a team of international scientists has found that at least one soft coral, the shrub-like sea rod found throughout South Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas, is more resilient...

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Can ocean acidification have a positive effect on corals?

2014-11-09 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environmental News Network: A majority of recent reports highlights the negative effects of warmer water temperatures on corals. Because of increasing numbers of bleaching events, where corals become white resulting from a loss of their symbiotic algae, corals become stressed and can starve to death if the condition is prolonged. However, researchers from Northeastern University's Marine Science Center and the University of Chapel Hill have found some slightly positive effects that moderate ocean acidification and warming...

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Mangroves may shelter some corals from global warming

2014-10-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Summit Voice: Some coral species are finding a refuge of sorts from global warming by finding new habitat in the shade of red mangrove trees. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and Eckerd College documented discovery of the refuge in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where more than 30 species of reef corals were found growing in Hurricane Hole, a mangrove habitat within the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument in St. John. Corals, invertebrates of the sea that have been on Earth for millions of years,...

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Corals Hide From Climate Change Under Mangroves

2014-10-10 04:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: A great number of coral populations across the globe have been steadily declining due to the adverse effects of climate change. The NOAA even recently recognized 20 different types of coral as threatened species due to notable decline. However, some coral have found themselves an ally. Mangroves appear to be harboring a great number of coral species, protecting them from things like ocean acidification and elevated temperatures. According to a study recently published in the journal Biogeosciences,...

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Mangroves protecting corals from climate change

2014-10-08 20:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Certain types of corals, invertebrates of the sea that have been on Earth for millions of years, appear to have found a way to survive some of their most destructive threats by attaching to and growing under mangrove roots. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and Eckerd College recently published research on a newly discovered refuge for reef-building corals in mangrove habitats of the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than 30 species of reef corals were found growing in Hurricane Hole, a mangrove...

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