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Bleaching kills third of coral in Great Barrier Reef's north
2016-05-30 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Mass bleaching has killed more than a third of the coral in the northern and central parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, though corals to the south have escaped with little damage, scientists said on Monday. Researchers who conducted months of aerial and underwater surveys of the 2,300-kilometer (1,400-mile) reef off Australia's east coast found that around 35 percent of the coral in the northern and central sections of the reef are dead or dying, said Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Centre...
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To rebuild coral reefs quickly, just add electricity
2016-05-27 21:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: To rebuild coral reefs quickly, just add electricity Biorock reefs -- sunken steel frames connected to a low-voltage current -- are giving coral a second chance at surviving humanity You may have heard that coral reefs are in trouble. Serious trouble. A recent survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the largest living structure on the planet, found 93 percent of the coral has been impacted by bleaching; a stark warning sign that the ecosystem is under tremendous environmental stresses. The...
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Amid 'bad year' for coral, UN launches tool and report outlining ways to protect threatened reefs
2016-05-25 14:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Malaysian Sun: At the second United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) taking place in Nairobi this week, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) was among a group of agencies launching a new tool and report that recommends ways to protect threatened coral reefs. "Humans have left an indelible mark on the marine environment that has led to almost 20 per cent of coral reefs disappearing. But coral reefs are an invaluable natural asset we can"t afford to lose," said UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner in a press...
Continental drift created biologically diverse coral reefs
2016-05-06 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: Coral reefs such as the Great Barrier Reef (shown here) are extremely species-rich habitats. Credit: Simon Gingins Nowhere today is the biodiversity of corals and reef-inhabiting fish higher than in the tropical water…
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Corals most important for building reefs now in sharp decline
2016-04-23 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study has found that the very corals responsible for establishing today's reefs are now some of the most threatened coral species due to climate change and other human-made stressors. Professor John Pandolfi from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) at the University of Queensland (UQ) says the fast-growing, reef-building, branching Acropora, or 'staghorn', corals are responsible for the vast amount of modern reef growth. Although they have been around for at least...
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