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Coral reefs are about to crash in a big way
2015-01-28 20:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Coral reefs cover just 0.1 percent of the ocean floor, but provide habitat to 25 percent of sea-dwelling fish species. That`s why coral scientist C. Mark Eakin, who coordinates the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration`s Coral Reef Watch program, is surprised that the warning he has been sounding since last year - that the globe`s corals appear to be on the verge of a mass-scale bleaching event - hasn`t drawn more media attention. Bleaching happens when corals lose contact with zooxanthellae,...
As Oceans Heat Up, Race Save World's Coral Reefs
2015-01-16 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Early one December morning, Chris Langdon, a biological oceanographer at the University of Miami, zipped up his wet suit and dropped overboard just off Key Largo to inspect a section of Florida's ailing coral reef. His living "laboratory," 15 feet down, is the size of several football fields. Last summer a large bleaching event turned much of the coral white. Bleaching occurs when water temperatures rise or fall. Even a slight fluctuation can set it off. The result is dramatic and often fatal....
Gulf corals may hold key to future of reefs globally
2014-12-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gulf News: When seawater temperatures reach 31 degrees Celsius, coral reefs the world over are unable to survive and begin to die off. Yet in the UAE coastal waters, where temperatures routinely top 35 degrees, coral reefs continue to thrive and survive, making them one of the hardiest marine life forms on the planet, experts say. As a result, many scientists are taking a renewed interest in studying the coral reefs of the region in order to gain a better understanding of how climate change could affect...
EQUATE sponsors Kuwait Dive Team's project to protect coral reefs
2014-12-17 10:39:49| Chemicals - Topix.net
EQUATE Petrochemical Company, Kuwait's first international petrochemical joint-venture, sponsored a project by Kuwait Dive Team to protect coral reefs in a number of Kuwaiti islands by installing bowing marines. Kuwait Dive Team is part of the Environment Voluntary Foundation.
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Coral reefs facing heat of thermal, chemical impact: Experts
2014-12-17 01:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Trust of India: Coral reefs which are home to over 25 per cent of marine life, are facing a double blow across the globe in the form of thermal and chemical impact, a senior scientist said. "Thermal impact on the earth is seen in terms of global warming. Earth has warmed by about 0.34 degree Celsius since the mid 1970s and the eight warmest years on record have occurred since 2001," senior scientist with Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) Dr Mahua Saha, told representatives of SAARC nations. ...
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