ScienceDaily: Coral Reef News
Extensive relict coral reef found in southern Pacific
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 19:00Coral reefs are sensitive to climate change and track sea level. New observations show that an extensive coral reef existed in the southern Pacific Ocean thousands of years ago. Researchers used multi-beam sonar, coring, and dating to examine a relict reef discovered in water about 20-25 meters (65-82 feet) deep around Lord Howe Island in the southern Pacific Ocean.
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Coral off Puerto Rico's coast 'ideal case study' for Gulf oil spill's impact
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 22:00Coral living off the coast of Puerto Rico may provide researchers valuable information about the potential impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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A tale of two atolls
Sun, 08/22/2010 - 07:00To gain new insights on the impact of fishing on coral reefs, marine biologists are taking advantage of an ongoing "natural experiment" at two isolated Pacific atolls -- one inhabited by people, the other off-limits to fishing.
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Creation of the first frozen repository for Hawaiian coral
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 10:00Scientists have created the first frozen bank for Hawaiian corals in an attempt to protect them from extinction and to preserve their diversity in Hawaii.
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How corals fight back
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 22:00Researchers are a step closer to understanding the rapid decline of our coral reefs, thanks to a breakthrough study linking coral immunity with its susceptibility to bleaching and disease.
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Massive coral mortality following bleaching in Indonesia
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 01:00Initial field observations indicate that a dramatic rise in the surface temperature in Indonesian waters has resulted in a large-scale bleaching event that has devastated coral populations.
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Human noise pollution in ocean can lead fish away from good habitats and off to their death
Fri, 08/13/2010 - 16:00The growing amount of human noise pollution in the ocean could lead fish away from good habitat and off to their death.
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Scientists test Australia's Moreton Bay as coral 'lifeboat'
Fri, 08/13/2010 - 01:00An international team of scientists has been exploring Australia's Moreton Bay, close to Brisbane, as a possible 'lifeboat' to save corals from the Great Barrier Reef at risk of extermination under climate change. In a new research paper, they say that corals have been able to survive and flourish in the Bay, which lies well to the south of the main GBR coral zones, during about half of the past 7000 years.
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NOAA divers capture invasive lionfish in the Virgin Islands National Park
Thu, 08/05/2010 - 23:00Divers identified and killed a 15-cm-long lionfish in Fish Bay along the southern coast of St. John, making this the fourth such capture and kill of the invasive fish in the Virgin Islands National Park.
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The evolutionary origins of coral sex
Sun, 08/01/2010 - 23:00Ancient corals consisted of mostly separate sexes and needed to pass through an evolutionarily period in which they brooded their young before they could become spawning hermaphrodites, according to new research.
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Engineered coral pigment helps scientists to observe protein movement
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 16:00Scientists have shown that a variant form of a fluorescent protein originally isolated from a reef coral has excellent properties as a marker protein for super-resolution microscopy in live cells.
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International law failing to protect coral reefs and tropical fish, experts argue
Wed, 07/21/2010 - 19:00International law has failed to protect coral reefs and tropical fish from being decimated by a growing collectors market, but US reforms can lead the way towards making the trade more responsible, ecologically sustainable and humane, according to a group of 18 experts.
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Global warming slows coral growth in Red Sea
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 07:00In a pioneering use of computed tomography (CT) scans, scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that carbon dioxide (CO2)-induced global warming is in the process of killing off a major coral species in the Red Sea.
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Isolation a threat to Great Barrier Reef fish
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 13:00New research shows that the quiet life is not so great for fish living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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Cleaner water mitigates climate change effects on Florida Keys coral reefs, study shows
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 01:00Improving the quality of local water increases the resistance of coral reefs to global climate change, according to a new study.
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Discovery of how coral reefs adapt to global warming could aid reef restoration
Thu, 06/24/2010 - 01:00Discoveries about tropical coral reefs are expected to be invaluable in efforts to restore the corals, which are succumbing to bleaching and other diseases at an unprecedented rate as ocean temperatures rise worldwide.
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Caribbean coral reef protection efforts miss the mark, research suggests
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 01:00Conservation efforts aimed at protecting endangered Caribbean corals may be overlooking regions where corals are best equipped to evolve in response to global warming and other climate challenges.
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Tracking coral larvae to understand Hawai'i reef health
Thu, 06/10/2010 - 04:00Scientists will use satellite-tracked drifters to track the coral larvae's dispersal along O'ahu's south shore in an effort to better understand why certain reefs in Maunalua Bay are doing well and others are doing poorly.
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Millenium atoll: A pristine ecosystem
Sun, 06/06/2010 - 23:00A series of surveys were carried out to characterize the physical and biological parameters of the Millennium Atoll lagoon during a recent research expedition.
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Distressed damsels stress coral reefs
Sun, 06/06/2010 - 04:00Damselfish are killing head corals and adding stress to Caribbean coral reefs, which are already in desperately poor condition from global climate change, coral diseases, hurricanes, pollution, and overfishing. Restoring threatened staghorn coral, the damsels' favorite homestead, will take the pressure off the other corals, according to a new study.
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