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Deep sea corals may be oldest living marine organism

Deep sea corals may be oldest living marine organism

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Deep-sea corals from about 400 meters off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands are much older than once believed and some may be the oldest living marine organisms known to man.





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Red Sea coral seen to feed on jellyfish

Red Sea coral seen to feed on jellyfish

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Corals depends on the products of photosynthetic algae for most of their food, but they also eat tiny plankton. Now, for the first time, there is evidence of a coral eating jellyfish.


Changing sexes on the sea floor

Changing sexes on the sea floor

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created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Trees do it. Bees do it. Even environmentally stressed fish do it. But Prof. Yossi Loya from Tel Aviv University's Department of Zoology is the first in the world to discover that Japanese sea corals engage ...


Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.


Rare coral sold for fish tanks

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created Jan 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

British customs officials say the rising popularity of home reef aquariums is boosting an illegal trade in endangered live coral from around the world.


Corals stay close to home

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The thought of coral reefs tends to conjure up images of tropical vacations, complete with snorkeling among tropical fish in crystal clear waters.


Acidic oceans could aid photosynthesis

Biology / Ecology

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Groundbreaking Victoria University research shows that ocean acidification may have no negative effect on tropical corals and local sea anemones - in fact it may improve photosynthesis.


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Global warming threatens more than just coral

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 03, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Rising sea levels from global warming will threaten the livelihoods and homes of more than 200,000 people who live on coral atolls in coming generations.


Voracious sponges save reef

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created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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 ...


New deep-sea coral discovered

New deep-sea coral discovered

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists identified seven new species of bamboo coral discovered on a NOAA-funded mission in the deep waters of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Six of these species ...


WWF said climate change could wipe out the world's richest ocean wilderness by the end of the century

Coral Triangle could die by century's end: WWF

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 9

Coral reefs could disappear entirely from the Coral Triangle region of the Pacific Ocean by the end of the century, threatening the food supply and livelihoods for about 100 million people, according to a ...



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