ScienceDaily (Jan. 23, 2012) — Lessons from tens of millions of years ago are pointing to new ways to save and protect today’s coral reefs and their myriad of beautiful and many-hued fishes at a time of huge change in the Earth’s systems. The complex relationship we see today between fishes and corals developed relatively […]
ScienceDaily (Jan. 6, 2012) — In March 2010 an outbreak of a disease called acute Montipora White Syndrome (MWS) was discovered affecting coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. Follow-up surveys found that the disease left trails of rubble in its wake. It was estimated that over 100 colonies of rice coral (Montipora capitata) died during […]
Where: Salute! On the Beach, 1000 Atlantic Blvd., Key West When: Saturday March 31st 6-10pm Musical Guest: Howard Livingston and Mile Marker 24 Tickets: $15 in advance and $20 at the door Buy tickets by calling Reef Relief at 305-294-3100 or visit the Reef Relief Environmental Center at 631 Greene, St., Key West, FL Tickets […]
Man-made pollution is acidifying the world’s oceans at unprecedented rates and is threatening sea life, an international team of researchers reports Monday. Scientists have found that human-caused carbon dioxide emissions, from the burning of fossil fuels in the last 100 to 200 years, have already raised ocean acidity far beyond the range of natural variations. […]
Source: EurekAlert! Contact: Emily Howells [email protected] 61-747-534-203 ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies Recent experiments conducted at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) produced striking results, showing for the first time that corals hosting a single type of “zooxanthellae” can have different levels of thermal tolerance – a feature that was only […]
COMMENTARY By Andrew Freedman An Obama administration plan to cut costs by combining several government agencies may make good political sense, coming in the midst of the Republican presidential primary season, with its heated small-government rhetoric. But that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea from a policy perspective. In fact, the White House proposal that […]
WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:57am EST (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it was appealing a World Trade Organization ruling against U.S. dolphin-safe labeling measures for tuna in a longrunning spat with Mexico closely watched by environmentalists. “Our dolphin-safe labeling measures for tuna products provide information for American consumers as they […]
Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:18 PM ET Content provided by AFP Fears rose of an environmental disaster from a wrecked cruise ship in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Italy on Tuesday as emergency divers used explosives to breach the hull and try and reach trapped passengers. “This is an ecological timebomb,” Sergio Ortelli, […]
NRDC Press Release WASHINGTON (January 13, 2012) – The following is a statement from Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the government reorganization plan announced by President Obama. “Streamlining government to better serve the American people is a worthy undertaking. But we are extremely troubled by the proposal to relocate the […]