SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 8, 2010 –/WORLD-WIRE/— Leaders of Pacific Island States along with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a coalition of non-profit, intergovernmental and academic institutions will call for collaborated action on ocean threats across the Pacific on Wednesday September 8th in San Francisco, California (USA). Read the full press release
“Ocean acidification is the name given to the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth’s oceans, caused by their uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Between 1751 and 1994 surface ocean pH is estimated to have decreased from approximately 8.18 to 8.1. PH is a measure of the acidity or basicity of a solution.” Read […]
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
ScienceDaily (Aug. 19, 2010) — Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have created the first frozen bank for Hawaiian corals in an attempt to protect them from extinction and to preserve their diversity in Hawaii. Read the full article
“Chance discovery off Key Largo leads to ocean farms for fragile, but enormously important, species.” Read the Sun Sentinel August 13, 2010 article
“The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument—a pristine haven for coral and other marine life, and a treasured site of ancient Hawaiian shrines—has been named a U.N. World Heritage site.” Read the Associated Press August 2, 2010 article
“What could be the world’s rarest coral has been discovered in the remote North Pacific Ocean.” Read the August 4, 2010 story
“Australian researchers are a step closer to understanding the rapid decline of our coral reefs, thanks to a breakthrough study linking coral immunity with its susceptibility to bleaching and disease.” Read the ScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2010) article
Similar conditions may develop in Gulf of Mexico and Central Pacific “Scientists from NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch Program say conditions are favorable for significant coral bleaching and infectious coral disease outbreaks in the Caribbean, especially in the Lesser Antilles. The forecast is based on the July NOAA Coral Reef Watch outlook, which expects continued high […]