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'The Blob': As warm water terrorizes coral reefs, can we help?
2015-10-08 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Monitor: Coral reefs are suffering from a massive oceanic heat wave for the third time on record, and scientists fear it could be the biggest die-off yet. Experts at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said they have only witnessed similar events twice before, first in 1998 and then in 2010. But since the early 1980s, scientists claim the world has lost half of its coral reefs. The record-high ocean temperatures are expected to kill about five percent, or 4,600 square miles,...
Coral Reefs Could Rebound If Put On A 'Balanced Diet'
2015-10-02 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: As global ocean temperatures rise, corals face degradation from acidification and coral bleaching. But it turns out that a nutrient-rich, balanced diet could help corals stay strong during stressful thermal conditions, according to a recent University of Miami (UM) study. This is a major step towards ensuring that corals continue to flourish during future climate change. Researchers from UM's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the Centre Scientifique de Monaco fed corals two...
Coral Reefs and Climate Change: Maybe Reefs Could Keep Pace with Sea Rise?
2015-08-04 05:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: If carbon levels are limited and we manage coral reefs well, they could grow vertically and maintain pace with rising sea levels. At least, researchers from Florida Institute of Technology say that could very likely happen, and they recently reported their findings in the journal Royal Society Open Science. The scientists say that if we keep carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere at below 670 parts per million (ppm), ocean temperatures could continue to support those growing coral reefs, as a...
Crown Jewel of Cubas Coral Reefs
2015-07-14 00:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The six-foot Caribbean reef shark came out of the water thrashing, and Fabián Pina Amargós and his crew quickly pulled it into the research boat. A team set to work, immobilizing the sharks mouth and tail, pouring water over it to keep it breathing and inserting a yellow plastic tag into a small hole punched in its dorsal fin. What is its condition? Dr. Pinas wife, Tamara Figueredo Martín, asked. Excellent, the condition is excellent, Dr. Pina said, before the team pulled out the hook, carefully...
Scientists say warming seas kill off coral reefs Pacific, Atlantic oceans
2015-07-07 06:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guadian: Abnormally warm ocean temperatures are creating conditions that threaten to kill coral in the equatorial Pacific, north Pacific and western Atlantic oceans, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Monday. Coral bleaching occurs when coral is stressed by changes in its environment, causing it to release algae living in its tissue. The coral then turns pale or white and becomes more susceptible to disease. In severe cases, it can die, permanently changing the habitat for fish...
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