SEA TURTLE HOMECOMING, CLASS OF 2010: A Proactive Coastal Conservation Agenda for Florida For the people who live near the Gulf of Mexico —– and, indeed, for Americans everywhere —– the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill during the summer of 2010 will be an event forever etched in our memories. It was a time of […]
A talk by Dr. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg on Climate Change Impacts on Ocean Ecosystems in the 21st Century from the 2011 NCSE conference in Washington, DC “Our Changing Oceans”. Watch the video
Coral Reef Fact: nursesharkvideo.jpg Nurse sharks are nocturnal animals, spending the day in large inactive groups of up to 40 individuals. Hidden under submerged ledges or in crevices within the reef, the nurse sharks seem to prefer specific resting sites and will return to them each day after the night’s hunting. Please support our work […]
Please take the time to VOTE in this online poll by the Key West Citizen about a $5-6 million feasibility study for widening the Cruise Ship channel! Please go to the link below or www.keysnews.com, then vote for A,B,C, or D. Please send this to all your friends. The poll is located at the bottom […]
By Jutarat Skulpichetrat BANGKOK | Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:51am EST BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is closing dozens of dive sites to tourists after unusually warm seas caused severe damage to coral reefs in the Andaman Sea, one of the world’s top diving and beach resort regions, authorities said on Thursday. Read the full article
Coral Reef Fact: When bearded fireworms (Hermodice carunculata) come to the surface to mate, the females start to emit a greenish phosphorescent glow. This attracts the males, which dart towards the females, emitting flashing lights at the same time. As the different sexes approach each other, the sex cells are shed and combine. For more […]
Demographics of bleaching in a major Caribbean reef-building coral: Montastraea annularis R. Hernández-Pacheco, E. A. Hernández-Delgado, A. M. Sabat Read the full paper www.esajournals.org 6 January 2011 v Volume 2(1) v Article 9 Abstract. Mass bleaching events have become a major cause of coral decline at a global scale. In the summer/fall of 2005 the […]
This Friday from the National Council for Science and the Environment’s ‘Our Changing Oceans’ conference in Washington DC. Broadcast about oil spill effects from 2-3pm ET. From 3-4p ET, and a look at climate change effects on the oceans. www.sciencefriday.com
News Release January 20, 2011 Two hundred forty-two cold-stunned sea turtles removed from St. Joseph Bay this winter were released Wednesday into the Gulf of Mexico off Cape San Blas in Gulf County. All were green turtles. Twenty-five Kemp’s ridleys, also rescued from the cold, will be released at a later date, along with green […]
Coral Reef Fact: Short-finned pilot whales feed mostly on squid, but they may also feed on octopus and fish, all from a water depth of 1000 feet (305 m) or more. They are known as the ‘Cheetahs of the Deep’ for their high speed pursuits of squids at these depths. Learn more Support Reef Relief’s work to […]