By KEVIN WADLOW. [email protected] Wednesday, March 28, 2012 06:00 AM EDT Florida Keys corals that took centuries to grow died within days during the frigid January 2010 cold snap, says a newly published scientific study. “Some monumental corals that were 200 or 300 years old perished in a span of five days,” said Rob Ruzicka, […]
Author, India Evans’ Reef Rescue Tells the story of 13-year-old eco-warrior Julie Leeds and her futuristic car Jett as they race to the Florida Keys to help save the endangered coral reefs. While spending the summer in Key West, also known as the Island of Bones, Julie and Jett discover why the coral reefs are […]
ScienceDaily (Mar. 28, 2012) — As corals continue to decline in abundance around the world, researchers are turning their attention to a possible cause that’s almost totally unexplored — viral disease. It appears the corals that form such important parts of marine ecosystems harbor many different viruses — particularly herpes. And although they don’t get […]
Students for the University of Central Florida spent their spring break in Key West volunteering with local nonprofits including the Key West Wildlife Center, Key West Botanical Garden and Reef Relief. Eleven students volunteered with Reef Relief and the City of Key West to stencil 62 storm drains and helped clean up our shoreline by […]
By Associated Press, Published: March 21 WASHINGTON — It’s the political cure-all for high gas prices: Drill here, drill now. But more U.S. drilling has not changed how deeply the gas pump drills into your wallet, math and history show.A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production by […]
NOAA article Aug 2011: Veterinarians collect samples from a Barataria Bay dolphin. Bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, are showing signs of severe ill health, according to NOAA marine mammal biologists and their local, state, federal and other research partners. Barataria Bay, located in the northern Gulf of Mexico, received heavy and prolonged exposure to […]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Conservationists have issued repeated warnings that the Maui’s dolphins of New Zealand, the planet’s smallest species of dolphin, are in danger of extinction. This month, they’ve estimated there are only about 55 surviving members left, according to an updated survey of the species’ population. The last time the Maui’s dolphin population was surveyed in […]
From article by Rudy Bonn in Solares Hill On the 1st of April Key West’s Reef Relief will celebrate its 25th year of work for the improvement and protection of the coral reefs of the Florida Keys. An anniversary celebration is being held March 31st from 6pm-10pm […]
ENN: Environmental News Network — Know Your Environment From: Center for Biological Diversity Published March 16, 2012 01:24 AM SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service Thursday for failing to develop a recovery plan for two species of coral, elkhorn and staghorn, […]
Tuesday March 12, 2012. Mission Blue Everything about the goliath grouper is extreme: its size, its personality, and especially its sex life. Once a year, schools of goliath groupers converge under the full moon and engage in a one-shot mating frenzy. For divers and scientists, this titillating event is the ultimate form of nature voyeurism, […]