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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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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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Florida's coral reef system in rapid decay, scientists say
2016-06-27 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The most terrifying thing lurking under the waters of the Atlantic Ocean may not come with razor sharp teeth. Scientists say Florida's coral reef system, the third-largest in the world, is in rapid decay, with a variety of threats edging the delicate ecosystem closer to collapse sooner than anyone believed possible. "We didn't think this would happen for another 50 or 60 years," said Chris Langdon, a marine biologist at the University of Miami, who published a new report on the health of the reef...
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Coral bleaching in Great Barrier Reef to derail tourism, finds survey
2016-06-21 05:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef could result in one million fewer visitors and hundreds of millions of dollars in lost tourism revenue each year, according to a report by a Canberra-based think tank. "The massive drop in visitors would result in the loss of one billion Australian dollars (759 million US dollars) in income, and 10,000 tourism jobs," the Australia Institute said in a report Monday. While many potential visitors may seek other Australian attractions, some "175,000 potential...
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Coral reef tourism in danger as reefs struggle to adapt to warming
2016-06-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IPS: A recent UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report on world heritage sites in danger from climate change received widespread media attention after the Australian government requested the removal of a chapter on the Great Barrier Reef. However the Great Barrier Reef is not the only coral reef at risk from climate change. The report described how coral reefs all around the world are being directly effected by warming waters and acidification associated with changes in...
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