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The Reef
2016-08-20 01:13:37| PortlandOnline
320 NW Hoyt St. PDF Document, 299kbCategory: Northwest and Inner Southwest Portland (NWNW)
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Alarming coral reef bleaching wave descends on the Maldives
2016-08-09 00:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: We have a new competitor for the worst place on Earth to be a coral! More than half of the coral reefs in the Maldives have been hit by a wave of bleaching this year, according to a new survey conducted by a team of researchers. Signs of bleaching were found in around 60 percent of the study areas total number of corals in some segments of the reef, the percentage of corals affected was as high as 90 percent. The biodiversity-rich area is home to some 3 percent of the planets corals. The...
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Great Barrier Reef rodent becomes first extinct mammal at the hand of climate change
2016-08-08 04:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ZME Magazine: Great Barrier Reefs only endemic mammal, the Bramble Cay melomys, is now officially extinct, scientists say. The rat-like rodent occupied a very confined habitat spanning an area no larger than a football field called Bramble Cay, a minuscule atoll in the northeast Torres Strait, Australia. Although pressured by human hunting and competition with other species, what ultimately killed off the species were surging seawaters and rising tides triggered by man-made climate change the first mammalian...
Giving coral reefs a future worldwide coral reef conservation through research, education, outreach, and restoration
2016-07-13 08:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Curacao Chronicle: During the last decade, SECORE evolved from a mostly volunteer project of dedicated coral lovers with a scientific and aquaristic background, to an internationally operating and well-known nonprofit organization. We work together with a worldwide network of scientists, aquarists, officials, conservationists and supporters. Dr. Dirk Petersen, SECORE founder, and Executive Director: This third?ongoing?global bleaching event, the poor conditions of many reefs, and the alarming decrease of coral...
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Extremely warm waters killed off Great Southern Reef kelp forest
2016-07-10 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Modern Readers: Much has been said about the havoc climate change had wreaked upon the Great Barrier Reef, killing significant volumes of coral due to extreme amounts of warm water. But new research has shifted the spotlight to Australia`s so-called "other reef," the Great Southern Reef, another spot that has lost a lot of vibrant sea life due to an extreme marine heat wave taking place about five years ago. And once again, the researchers are pinning the blame on climate change, and stressing that other forms...
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