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Agencies say 22% of Barrier Reef coral is dead, correcting 'misinterpretation'
2016-06-03 09:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Almost a quarter of the coral on the Great Barrier Reef is now dead, according to two government agencies, with the previously pristine remote northern sections worst affected. The data from in-water surveys, released on Friday afternoon, was from the two agencies that were part of the national coral bleaching taskforce. Earlier this week their non-government partner the Australian Research Council centre of excellence for coral reef studies released broadly similar data. Guardian Australia...
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Floridas Coral Reef Is Disintegrating
2016-05-02 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Florida's coral reef, the only tropical reef in the continental United States, is disintegrating faster than scientists predicted and in a way that will accelerate as the oceans become more acidic, according to new research published Monday. University of Miami scientists called the collapse of the reef's limestone framework, a critical habitat for fish, "unprecedented" and "cause for alarm." "Lots of scientists think that ocean acidification is not going to be a problem until 2050 or 2060,"...
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Massive Coral Reef Discovered at Mouth of Amazon River, But Its Already Threatened by Oil Drilling
2016-04-25 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Scientists recently made a surprising discovery of a 600-mile long deepwater reef system below the Amazons muddy waters. More than 60 species of sponges, 73 species of fish, spiny lobsters, stars and other reef life have been found there. This is good news for marine life, especially in the wake of massive coral bleaching around the world. However, the newly discovered reef is already in grave danger from oil exploration and drilling at the mouth of Amazon--some of it possibly right on top of...
Newly Discovered Coral Reef System Found At the Amazon River Already in Grave Danger
2016-04-24 09:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Researchers are flabbergasted over the discovery of a coral reef system located at the muddy waters off the mouth of the Amazon River. Corals are known to thrive in clear, sunlit saltwater. The Amazon plume, the area where fresh water from the river mixes with the salty Atlantic Ocean, creates gaps in the reef distribution along the tropical shelves, making it difficult for the corals to grow. Thus, the discovery of a coral reef system at the mouth of the Amazon River is significantly surprising,...
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Coral Reef Stretching 600 Miles Discovered at Mouth of Amazon River
2016-04-23 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
cdanews: A coral reef stretching some 600 miles was discovered at the mouth of the Amazon River underneath its muddy waters. This was something new to add to its reputation of being one of the most biodiverse river systems in the world. The newly discovered coral reef is already being threatened by oil companies who have set up 20 drilling operations in the region. The discovery of the reef, in a place where gunk in the Amazonian plume often shelters it from the sun, was written about in a study published...
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