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Compounds that may one day be used to treat inflammation and bacterial infections in humans have recently been discovered in seaweeds that endanger coral reefs off the coasts of the Hawaiian Archipelago.
The chemicals hold great biomedical potential, which researchers at the University of California in San Diego�... |
25 May 2012
05:09 GMT |
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As increased amounts of atmospheric greenhouse gases drive ocean acidification at ever-increasing speeds, marine species living around coral reefs come under severe threat. Now, a study demonstrates that some of those species could potentially survive acidification, at least for a while. A few coral species have demo... |
10 March 2012
06:32 GMT |
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Until now, marine biologists had no idea that diseases can be transmitted from humans to corals, yet this is precisely what they discovered during a recent investigation. The finding is of tremendous importance for coral conservation efforts.
A large portion of all corals in the world are simply dying off, or are s... |
20 December 2011
02:43 GMT |
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Scientists have determined in a new study that coral reefs of the same species display particular genetic and morphologic characteristics, which appear to be particular to their standard locations. In other words, same-species corals living at different depths are very different from each other as a result. The inves... |
17 October 2011
16:01 GMT |
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In a new scientific study, experts discovered that a clear separation exists between coral reefs that would follow the behavior of algae they are living in symbiosis with, and corals that would not do the same. The finding is very important for determining how the reefs would react to global warming.Climate change is... |
1 June 2011
06:02 GMT |
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A team of investigators was recently able to determine that long-term weather patterns for northern Australia can be derived from analysis work conducted on coral reef growth rings. The discovery also brings some bad news – the torrential rains that the country was subjected to during these past few weeks are n... |
10 February 2011
05:38 GMT |
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Biologists have recently identified a very concerning trend among coral reefs. It would appear that the organisms prefer to develop in a northward direction, rather than continue to grow on their usual grounds. This change could be a response to global warming, scientists say. All over the world, ocean temperatures a... |
22 January 2011
04:38 GMT |
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A group of researchers conducting investigation in the waters off the coasts of Puerto Rico were able to discover populations of coral reefs living at average depths, of between 100 and 500 feet. These reefs appeared to be in good health, which is tremendous news. Conservation experts believe that these reefs and the... |
5 January 2011
04:17 GMT |
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Following a 9-day scientific sortie in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers in the United States found extensive damage on coral reef populations. The massive oil spill the began in April spread over a huge surface on top of the water, but also produced massive plumes underneath the waves.The investigation was conducted b... |
21 December 2010
09:24 GMT |
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Coral reefs are some of the most important ecosystems in the world, and definitely some of the most remarkable in the oceans. A large concentration of them exists in the Coral Triangle, an area located in southeast Asia. Now, researchers have set to study its health.The Triangle is located in an area that can be foun... |
29 November 2010
03:11 GMT |
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Experts at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce that, in all likelihood, coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea will exhibit the phenomenon known as bleaching in 2010.This will affect the southern and southeastern Caribbean most of all, but other areas will be at risk as well. Bleaching is... |
23 September 2010
08:31 GMT |
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Listening to coral reefs can apparently be used as a method of keeping tabs on the health of both corals and other marine species living in or around them, a new scientific investigation shows. The conclusion belongs to a report that was released by the University of Bristol's School of Biological Sciences, and ... |
20 September 2010
08:30 GMT |
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Over the past few years, climate scientists have advanced the hypothesis stating the outbreaks in coral diseases were related to summer temperatures in the world's oceans, but that view was in a new study demonstrated to be too narrow.An international team of scientists showed that these outbreaks can also be li... |
17 September 2010
05:52 GMT |
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Three miles off the coast of Florida, the Atlantic Ocean is home to the only underwater research laboratory and habitat in the world. Researchers here, called aquanauts, spend a lot of time submerged, studying marine life in the area. The lab is in effect a metal tube affixed to the ocean floor, which is about the si... |
26 August 2010
07:56 GMT |
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While diving in the waters around the Arno atoll in the Marshall Islands, experts managed to recently discover a new reef of the world's rarest corals. The Pacific elkhorn coral (Acropora rotumana) stands out from other species through the fact that, as it grows, it branches off like an elk's antlers, givin... |
9 August 2010
03:42 GMT |
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In additional to actual pollution, noise pollution is one of the main factors triggering biodiversity loss in the world's oceans. Over the past couple of decades, the amount of noises that permeate the global waters has increased several times over, and marine animals that rely on sounds for communications and o... |
4 August 2010
02:37 GMT |
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Over the past century, our planet has been warming at a slow but sure rate. Largely the byproduct of human pollution and the release of vast amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, this global warming has been triggering a host of side-effects, including the acidification of the world's oceans. This happe... |
12 June 2010
03:47 GMT |
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Scientists have recently discovered that baby coral reefs tend to use special sounds as reference points in swimming to an already-established reef. While still in their larval from, the animals “listen” carefully to the sounds various other creatures living around reefs make, and then move directly towar... |
17 May 2010
10:27 GMT |
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For the first time ever, a group of investigators managed to produce conclusive scientific evidence that certain species of seaweeds are capable of killing corals just by touching them. Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) made the discovery in a series of experiments that they ran on th... |
11 May 2010
05:46 GMT |
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As marine scientists know, the ocean floor is home to a vast number of creatures, representing just as many species. It is estimated that this level of the world's water encompasses a large part of the biodiversity present in the seas and oceans. Investigations of marine evolutionary hot beds, such as coral reef... |
8 March 2010
08:56 GMT |
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Marine biologists announce that the world's coral reefs, endangered by increased, global warming-induced ocean acidification, may be able to endure their ordeal. A team of researchers has just completed a review of some of the most ancient corals in the world, and its members believe that these lifeforms may be ... |
1 March 2010
04:01 GMT |
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Experts believe that, by studying the fossilized corals inside reefs, they could get more information about how sea levels changed since the last Ice Age, some 20,000 years ago. They add that the Great Barrier Reef could be the optimum starting point for such an investigation, given the scale of the reef, and also it... |
15 February 2010
14:01 GMT |
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One of the methods proposed by marine biologists in fighting the widespread, global loss of coral reefs is to construct artificial structures, of which these organisms could take hold. This has already been done with subway cars, and even war ships, which have been purposefully sunken at designated locations. But now... |
19 January 2010
19:01 GMT |
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Coral reefs are famous around the world for their beauty and for the fact that they are home to a huge diversity of marine species, much more so than any other place in the ocean. In a recent scientific study, it was proven that, in addition to housing these animals, the reefs also promoted evolution and adaptation, ... |
8 January 2010
06:38 GMT |
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Over the past 130 years, the human influence on the oceans has increased constantly, leading to such effects as ocean acidification, coral reef loss, but also to another major negative side-effect – the destruction of seagrass meadows. These areas of the world's waters, which can be likened to pastures for... |
30 June 2009
04:53 GMT |
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Over the past few years, global warming and climate change woes have made engineers think of new and innovative solutions of preventing the planet's temperature from going up, endangering or forcing to go extinct countless species in the process, alongside billions of humans. One of the proposed solutions was in... |
17 June 2009
08:37 GMT |
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Researchers from the University of California in Santa Barbara (UCSB) National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), led by experts Kimberly Selkoe and Benjamin Halpern, have recently published a new scientific study in the journal Coral Reefs, in which they detail possible methods of ensuring that th... |
8 April 2009
09:53 GMT |
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Researchers investigating deep-sea coral reefs off the coast of Hawaii have recently announced that they believe they've discovered the old marine animals with a skeleton in the ocean, having dated a coral sample to more than 4,265 years ago. Unlike their shallow-water counterparts, deep-sea corals live at depth... |
24 March 2009
04:20 GMT |
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Coral reefs are in danger of soon beginning to dissolve completely, a new scientific study to be published on March 13th in the online edition of the journal Geophysical Research Letter shows. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who have been behind the research, say that, i... |
10 March 2009
04:53 GMT |
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Over the last two decades, some 19 percent of all coral reefs on the face of the planet have disappeared, mostly because of global warming and man-caused pollution. The new survey, detailing these data, was presented on the sidelines of the 190-nation UN Climate Change Conference, currently taking place in Poznan, Po... |
11 December 2008
04:28 GMT |
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