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Environment News tagged with coral

Coral Bleaching Increases Chances of Coral Disease
Environment  (tags: environment, coral, bleaching, disease, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 30 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Mass coral bleaching has devastated coral colonies around the world for almost three decades. Now scientists have found that bleaching can make corals more susceptible to disease and, in turn, coral disease can exacerbate the negative effects of
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Some Coral Reefs Resistant to Climate Change
Environment  (tags: coral, climate-change, environment, protection, habitat )

Cher
- 196 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have revealed a new study that shows that some coral reefs off East Africa are unusually resilient to climate change due to improved fisheries management and a combination of geophysical factors.
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Farming the Fragile Jewels of the Deep
Environment  (tags: coral, coral reefs, coral farming, business, endangered species )

RC
- 367 days ago - features.csmonitor.com
Meet Steve Lowes, a farmer who raises sustainable coral for sale to aquarium supply companies and pet stores. His efforts, and those of others who do the same, are putting a dent in the amount of coral stolen from endangered living reefs.
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How to Save 83% of the World's Coral Reef Species
Environment  (tags: environment, nature, green, oceans, marine life, fish, coral, corals, coral reef, coral reefs, wildlife, endangered species, islands, water, fishes, reef, reefs, nature conservancy, science, conservation, the nature conservancy, tnc )

Jonathon
- 529 days ago - nature.org
Coral reefs provide the world with goods and services worth US$375 billion annually, but scientists estimate that 70% of all corals reefs could be lost by 2050. Now a new initiative aims to conserve an astounding 83% of the world's coral species.
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Oceans Becoming More Acidic, Threatening Underwater Ecosystems
Environment  (tags: ocean, coral, dead zone, acid )

Ben
- 624 days ago - blogmyway.org
A pronounced lack of growth rate among some coral...
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World Aid Needed to Save Indonesian Coral Reef From Starfish
Environment  (tags: Coral Triangle, coral, coral reefs, starfish, destruction, conservation, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, environment, ecosystems, endangered, research, oceans, nature )

John
- 658 days ago - en.rian.ru
International assistance is necessary to save the Indonesia Coral Triangle reef from destruction by a species of starfish, a renowned U.S. scientist said on Friday. Thomas Goreau, who is presently working in the Coral Triangle region between Indonesia,
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Humans Have Caused Profound Changes in Caribbean Coral Reefs
Environment  (tags: coral, coral reefs, ocean, humans, habitatdestruction, habitat, environment, ecosystems, conservation, destruction, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty, nature, oceans, research, science, water )

John
- 665 days ago - barbadosadvocate.com
CORAL reefs in the Caribbean have suffered significant changes due to the proximal effects of a growing human population, reports a new study. It is well acknowledged that coral reefs are declining worldwide but the driving forces remain hotly debated,
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Scientists Trying to Save Coral Triangle
Environment  (tags: coral, reef, scientist, caribbean, ocean, pacific, global warming, sea, temperature )

Jean
- 699 days ago - happynews.com
From the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific, global warming and the sea's rising temperatures have been ''bleaching'' and killing the world's coral reefs. The strange, beautiful form of life known as coral may someday have to make its la
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Moonlight Triggers Mass Coral "Romance"
Environment  (tags: environment, coral, animals, science, research )


- 747 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Australian and Israeli scientists have discovered the trigger for the planet's biggest group sex spectacle: the mass spawning of hard corals along Australia's Great Barrier Reef. One week each year in spring, after a full moon, millions of corals release
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Fla. Officials Try to Shield Coral Reefs
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, coral, coral reefs, Florida, reefs, hatcheries, fishing, endangered, environment, oceans )

Dave
- 877 days ago - apnews.myway.com
Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It's not sunken treasure or a Spanish galleon but rather nature's bounty: rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending. But . . .
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U.S. Pushes to Protect Red Coral Species
Environment  (tags: endangered, extinction, water, coral )

Jacquelin
- 882 days ago - foxnews.com
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The U.S. is leading a push to protect a type of red coral that grows deep in the world's oceans and seas, putting it at odds with Italian fishermen who have harvested the species for generations to make artwork and jewelry. Un
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FISHERMEN AGREE TO PROTECT SECTIONS OF CORAL SEA REEF
Environment  (tags: coral, coral reef, protection, marine life )

Rachel
- 908 days ago - abc.net.au
ELEANOR HALL: To an unusual environmental initiative in the north-east of Australia. A group of commercial fishermen has agreed not to fish key sections of the Coral Sea reef, saying it needs to be protected for tourism and research. The Coral Sea...
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Climate Change Harming Coral Reefs
Environment  (tags: australia, water, oceans, barrier reef, climate change, global arming, great barrier reef, coral, Coral die-offs )

Chrissy
- 915 days ago - news.com.au
CLIMATE change is increasing the severity of coral-damaging disease in oceans across the globe, scientists say. A team of scientists from Australia and the US claim to have found a clear link between coral disease and warmer ocean temperatures after a
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