Reef Relief http://reefrelief.org Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Vancover Film School–Biodiveristy video http://reefrelief.org/2010/09/vancover-film-school-biodiveristy-video/ http://reefrelief.org/2010/09/vancover-film-school-biodiveristy-video/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:19:47 +0000 admin http://reefrelief.org/?p=1985 Biodiversity

]]> http://reefrelief.org/2010/09/vancover-film-school-biodiveristy-video/feed/ 0 The amazing Christmas Island red crab http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/the-amazing-christmas-island-red-crab/ http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/the-amazing-christmas-island-red-crab/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:59:01 +0000 admin http://reefrelief.org/?p=1980 Environmental News Network: Every year an amazing event happens on this small island, owned by Australia, which is 220 miles away from the nearest land mass. Christmas Island’s geographic isolation and history of limited human disturbance has brought about a high level of species not found elsewhere in the world. Among these species is the Christmas Island Red Crab. Millions of these crabs simultaneously embark on a five kilometer journey to their ocean breeding grounds. Scientists from the University of Bristol and Bangor University believe they have unlocked the mystery to this incredible feat.
Read the August 27th, 2010 full article

]]> http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/the-amazing-christmas-island-red-crab/feed/ 0 Great Barrier Reef’s great-grandmother is unearthed http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/great-barrier-reefs-great-grandmother-is-unearthed/ http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/great-barrier-reefs-great-grandmother-is-unearthed/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:29:42 +0000 admin http://reefrelief.org/?p=1972 JUST 600 metres away from the Great Barrier Reef, the jewel in Australia’s crown, a less spectacular but more ancient reef has been discovered.

Read the August 19, 2010 NewScientist article

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Read the Environmental News Network article

]]> http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/ocean-ph/feed/ 0 Underwater Gulf oil plume 22 miles long, likely to threaten marine life for months http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/underwater-gulf-oil-plume-22-miles-long-likely-to-threaten-marine-life-for-months/ http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/underwater-gulf-oil-plume-22-miles-long-likely-to-threaten-marine-life-for-months/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:48:10 +0000 admin http://reefrelief.org/?p=1942 WASHINGTON — A 22-mile-long invisible mist of oil is meandering far below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, where it will probably loiter for months or more, scientists reported Thursday in the first conclusive evidence of an underwater plume from the BP spill.

Read the August 19, 2010 Associated Press article
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]]> http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/international-coastal-clean-up-2010/feed/ 0 USF scientists find oil spill damage to critical marine life http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/usf-scientists-find-oil-spill-damage-to-critical-marine-life/ http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/usf-scientists-find-oil-spill-damage-to-critical-marine-life/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:31:50 +0000 admin http://reefrelief.org/?p=1945 ST. PETERSBURG — Far from being gone, the oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster appears to still be causing ecological damage in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from University of South Florida scientists.

Read the St. Petersburg Times article

]]> http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/usf-scientists-find-oil-spill-damage-to-critical-marine-life/feed/ 0 New microbe discovered eating Gulf oil spill http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/new-microbe-discovered-eating-gulf-oil-spill/ http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/new-microbe-discovered-eating-gulf-oil-spill/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:20:06 +0000 admin http://reefrelief.org/?p=1938 WASHINGTON — A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Read the August 24, 2010 Associated Press article

]]> http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/new-microbe-discovered-eating-gulf-oil-spill/feed/ 0 The Poisoning http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/the-poisoning/ http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/the-poisoning/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:15:43 +0000 admin http://reefrelief.org/?p=1936

It’s the biggest environmental disaster in American history – and BP is making it worse

Read the August 5, 2010 Rolling Stone article

]]> http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/the-poisoning/feed/ 0 Rescuing ecosystems can save trillions of dollars: U.N. http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/rescuing-ecosystems-can-save-trillions-of-dollars-u-n/ http://reefrelief.org/2010/08/rescuing-ecosystems-can-save-trillions-of-dollars-u-n/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:55:48 +0000 admin http://reefrelief.org/?p=1933 A few million dollars invested by governments in restoring nature could prevent far greater losses of the free services that ecosystems provide to people around the world, a U.N. report said on Thursday.

Read the Reuters article

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