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Coral Reef Loss Suggests Global Extinction Event
Environment  (tags: extinction, coral reefs, animals, climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, ecosystems, endangered, environment, globalwarming, green, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, oceans, protection, Sustainabililty, weather, wor )

Laurel
- 1616 days ago - enn.com
The world is on the brink of a massive extinction event, according to the United Nations. Rapid releases of greenhouse gas emissions are changing habitats at a rate faster than many of the world's species can tolerate
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Farming the Fragile Jewels of the Deep
Environment  (tags: coral, coral reefs, coral farming, business, endangered species )

RC
- 1652 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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Tourists, Sewerage Slowly Killing Cancun's Coral
Environment  (tags: cancun, oceans, coral reefs, marine wildlife, humans, destruction, endangered, ecosystems, environment, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution, protection )

Jacquelin
- 1689 days ago - abc.net.au
Dainty blue fish dart around coral shaped like moose antlers near the Mexican resort of Cancun, but sickly brown spots are appearing where pollution threatens one of the world's largest reefs. Parts of the reef nestled in turquoise waters have died and
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Quirk Protects Reef From Climate Change
Environment  (tags: australia, coral reefs, protection, marine wildlife, habitat )

Jacquelin
- 1692 days ago - cosmosmagazine.com
PERTH: A quirk of nature may protect corals of Ningaloo Reef, off Western Australia, from excessive bleaching as climate change increases sea temperatures this century. Researchers at the University of Western Australia (UWA) have found that winds blow
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11th International Coral Reef Symposium: Call to Action
Environment  (tags: coral reefs, environment, oceans )

Francis
- 1745 days ago - iyor.org
2008 is a critical time for coral reefs. At the 11th ICRS held in July, midway in the International Year of the Reef, over 3000 experts assembled to face some hard truths: coral reefs are teetering on the edge of survival and it is our fault!!
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"CancúN's White Sands Wouldn't Exist Without Coral"
Environment  (tags: coral reefs, beaches, conservation, ecosystems, environment, habitat, nature, oceans, protection, research )

Cat
- 1746 days ago - ipsnews.net
"There would be no white sands on the beaches of Cancún without the Mesoamerican reef,"
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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
- 1814 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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Australia. Mass Coral Spawning Expected at End of Month
Environment  (tags: coral reefs, australia, spawning, conservation, environment, ecosystems, habitat, nature, oceans )

John (Aqu
- 1887 days ago - bymnews.com
One of the most spectacular natural events in Western Australia - the annual mass autumn spawning of corals - will occur off parts of the coast in the last week of March.
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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 (Aqu
- 1944 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 (Aqu
- 1950 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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Submersible to Probe New Coral Depths - Australia/USA
Environment  (tags: australia, coral reefs, tasmania, global warming, climate change, submersible, sumbmarine )

Chrissy
- 1953 days ago - news.theage.com.au
Scientists will send an unmanned submersible to track climate change by studying coral at unprecedented depths in Australian waters. In the US-Australian project, the submersible will dive to depths of 2.5km in seas south of Tasmania to locate and film
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Endangered Coral Becomes Climate Warning System
Environment  (tags: coral reefs, endangered, Climate Change, habitatdestruction, globalwarming, wildlife, oceans )

Julia
- 2055 days ago - reuters.com
CANBERRA (Reuters) - The future is looking grim for coral reefs, home to bright tropical fish and a lure for tourists worldwide but also an early warning system for climate shift, leading coral scientist Ove Hoegh-Guldberg says.
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Coral Reefs Are Vanishing Faster Than Rainforests
Environment  (tags: coral reefs, rain forests, ClimateChange )

Barry
- 2107 days ago - environment.newscientist.com
Coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific are disappearing twice as fast as tropical rainforests
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International Year of The Reef 2008 (IYOR 2008)
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, oceans, coral reefs )

Francis
- 2146 days ago - iyor.org
2008 was designated the International Year of The Reef 2008 (IYOR 2008) by the International Coral Reef Initiative. It is an ambitious programme designed to foster outreach with the purpose of raising worldwide public and political awareness on coral reef
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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
- 2162 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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