http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Coral reef fish can undergo a personality change in warmer water, according to an intriguing new study suggesting that climate change may make some species more aggressive. http://www.physorg.com/news179059979.html Biology Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:54:15 EST news179059979 One of the first set of studies to examine what tourists and recreation enthusiasts actually think about coral reef ecosystems suggests they are a rare exception to controversies over human use versus environmental conservation - their stunning beauty is so extraordinary that almost everyone wants them protected in perpetuity. That core belief is often strong enough that if it means people have to be kept out, so be it. http://www.physorg.com/news176652349.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:20:02 EST news176652349 What's the point of setting up marine reserves to protect coral reefs from pollution, ship groundings and overfishing if climate change could cause far more damage? A study published this week in London in Proceedings of the Royal Society B provides the answer. http://www.physorg.com/news176524830.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:50:01 EST news176524830 (PhysOrg.com) -- The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published today in Nature Photonics. http://www.physorg.com/news175702057.html Physics Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:08:17 EST news175702057 On September 6, 2009, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured this simulated natural color image of the Station fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles. http://www.physorg.com/news171739064.html Space & Earth Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:30:03 EST news171739064 Two related research expeditions by NOAA scientists to track the habitat preferences and movements of fish at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary may help managers protect overfished species such as red snapper and grouper. Research from the two expeditions appears in the current online edition of the peer-reviewed Bulletin of Marine Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news171117584.html Biology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:50:01 EST news171117584 Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in serious jeopardy as global warming and chemical runoff threaten to kill marine species and cause serious outbreaks of disease, a report warned Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news171102349.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:30:01 EST news171102349 (AP) -- Deep beneath the crystalline blue surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern U.S. lies a virtual rain forest of coral reefs so expansive the network is believed to be the world's largest. http://www.physorg.com/news169813348.html Space & Earth Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:23:11 EST news169813348 NOAA will participate in a private research expedition to study marine life living on and around the wreck of the USS Monitor. The August 2-8 expedition is the first in the history of Monitor National Marine Sanctuary devoted specifically to understanding how the wreck contributes to the health of underwater creatures and plants living in sanctuary waters. http://www.physorg.com/news168875325.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:20:01 EST news168875325 Australian scientists on Thursday announced a ground-breaking genome-mapping project that could help the Great Barrier Reef fight off the twin threats of climate change and toxic farm chemicals. http://www.physorg.com/news168151655.html Biology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:10:01 EST news168151655 A proposal to install an electrified artificial reef on the ocean floor off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., has won approval from a key federal agency, making it more likely the high-tech conservation project will get built. http://www.physorg.com/news164919548.html Space & Earth Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:30:01 EST news164919548 New research shows that some fish species in Western Australia's Ningaloo Marine Park spend most of their time close to home, staying on the reef rather than travelling significant distances, as was previously thought. http://www.physorg.com/news164549891.html Biology Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:29:17 EST news164549891 Banning or restricting the use of certain types of fishing gear could help the world's coral reefs and their fish populations survive the onslaughts of climate change according to a study by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and other groups. http://www.physorg.com/news164508672.html Space & Earth Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:40:01 EST news164508672 (AP) -- An ocean liner docked in an Australian city on Saturday despite objections raised by port officials over a swine flu outbreak on board that cut short a Great Barrier Reef cruise. http://www.physorg.com/news162884187.html Medicine & Health Sat, 30 May 2009 06:37:04 EST news162884187 An explosion of knowledge has been made in the last few years about the basic biology of corals, researchers say in a new report, helping to explain why coral reefs around the world are collapsing and what it will take for them to survive a gauntlet of climate change and ocean acidification. http://www.physorg.com/news162739523.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 May 2009 14:26:03 EST news162739523 An international team of scientists has proposed a set of basic rules to help save the world's imperiled coral reefs from ultimate destruction. http://www.physorg.com/news161256177.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 10:23:32 EST news161256177 The lesson from Australia's Great Barrier Reef is that we have to protect its biodiversity - because biodiversity in turn protects us. http://www.physorg.com/news160924011.html Space & Earth Thu, 07 May 2009 14:07:38 EST news160924011 Sharks, barracuda and other large predatory fishes disappear on Caribbean coral reefs as human populations rise, endangering the region's marine food web and ultimately its reefs and fisheries, according to a sweeping study by researcher Chris Stallings of The Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory. http://www.physorg.com/news160804763.html Biology Wed, 06 May 2009 05:00:03 EST news160804763 April 27, 2009 - A new study appearing in Restoration Ecology describes a novel technique for reattaching large sponges that have been dislodged from coral reefs. The findings could be generally applied to the restoration of other large sponge species removed by human activities or storm events. http://www.physorg.com/news160061112.html Biology Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:25:44 EST news160061112 (PhysOrg.com) -- Marine scientists say they are astonished at the spectacular recovery of certain coral reefs in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park from a devastating coral bleaching event in 2006. http://www.physorg.com/news159558717.html Space & Earth Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:53:39 EST news159558717 Kapakahines, marine-derived natural products isolated from a South Pacific sponge in trace quantities, have shown anti-leukemia potential, but studies have been all but stalled by kapakahines' lack of availability. http://www.physorg.com/news159206712.html Chemistry Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:05:37 EST news159206712 By combining data from 48 studies of coral reefs from around the Caribbean, researchers have found that fish densities that have been stable for decades have given way to significant declines since 1995. The study appears online on March 19th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. http://www.physorg.com/news156688876.html Biology Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:41:44 EST news156688876 Equipped with floating GPS units, side scan sonar and waterproof paper, college students dove 25 feet down into an underwater classroom with a pioneering assignment: create a three-dimensional, interactive map of a reef. http://www.physorg.com/news155891937.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:20:45 EST news155891937 A few miles from the southeast Florida coast, at a depth of crushing pressure and frigid temperatures, lies an eerie world of snowy coral, undiscovered forms of life and rock towers thrusting through ink-dark water. http://www.physorg.com/news155496557.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:29:37 EST news155496557 A unique study by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has provided fresh evidence of fishing's impact on marine ecosystems. Scripps Oceanography graduate student researcher Loren McClenachan accessed archival photographs spanning more than five decades to analyze and calculate a drastic decline of so-called "trophy fish" caught around coral reefs surrounding Key West, Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news154106707.html Biology Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:25:36 EST news154106707 The economy isn't just squeezing the middle class on land, it's also affecting fish. http://www.physorg.com/news153494857.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:28:06 EST news153494857 Baby coral transplanted in the Sekisei coral-reef lagoon in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture under a coral-reef regeneration program are growing steadily, according to the Environment Ministry and the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news153241426.html Space & Earth Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:04:20 EST news153241426 Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and an international team of collaborators have returned from a month-long deep-sea voyage to a marine reserve near Tasmania, Australia, that not only netted coral-reef samples likely to provide insight into the impact of climate change on the world's oceans, but also brought to light at least three never-before-seen species of sea life. http://www.physorg.com/news152979023.html Biology Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:11:04 EST news152979023 In the journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Professor Dr. Peter Glynn, and 2008 Pew Fellow for Marine Conservation and Assistant Professor Dr. Andrew Baker, assess more than 25 years of data on reef ecosystems recovery from climate change-related episodes of coral bleaching. Coral bleaching - in which corals expel their symbiotic algal partners and turn pale or white - is one of the most visible impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. Typically caused by higher-than-normal ocean temperatures, it can lead to widespread death of corals and is a major contributor to the rapid decline of coral reef ecosystems worldwide. http://www.physorg.com/news152883948.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:46:21 EST news152883948 Tropical oceans are known as the deserts of the sea. And yet this unlikely environment is the very place where the rich and fertile coral reef grows. Dutch researcher Jasper de Goeij investigated how caves in the coral reef ensure the reef's continued existence. Although sponges in these coral caves take up a lot of dissolved organic material, they scarcely grow. However, they do discard a lot of cells that in turn provide food for the organisms on the reef. http://www.physorg.com/news151074780.html Biology Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:13:00 EST news151074780