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Coral growth in Western Australia found to be thriving in warmer water

(PhysOrg.com) -- As most people are well aware, global warming isn’t just about the atmosphere, it’s about rising ocean temperatures as well. And like increases in the atmosphere, scientists aren’t ...

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created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Heat and cold damage corals in their own ways, study shows

Around the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures. While ocean warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, cold events can also ...

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created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sea cucumbers could be key to preserving coral reefs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tropical sea cucumbers could play a key role in saving coral reefs from the devastating effects of climate change, say scientists at One Tree Island, the University of Sydney's research station ...

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Cliffhanging corals avoid trawler damage

Bottom trawling fishing boats have devastated many cold water coral reefs along the margin of the North East Atlantic Ocean. Now, researchers have found large cold water coral colonies clinging to the vertical ...

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Carbon dioxide affecting fish brains: study

Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous systems of sea fish, with serious consequences for their survival, according to new research.

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created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 15

Trouble in paradise: Ocean acidification this way comes

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.---Shakespeare, Macbeth

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Fish mimics octopus that mimics fish

Nature's game of intimidation and imitation comes full circle in the waters of Indonesia, where scientists have recorded for the first time an association between the black-marble jawfish (Stalix cf. histrio) and th ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Sea cucumbers: Dissolving coral reefs?

Coral reefs are extremely diverse ecosystems that support enormous biodiversity. But they are at risk. Carbon dioxide emissions are acidifying the ocean, threatening reefs and other marine organisms. New research led by Carnegie's ...

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created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

140 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2011

In 2011, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 140 new relatives to our family tree. The new species include 72 arthropods, 31 sea slugs, 13 fishes, 11 plants, nine sponges, three corals, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Corals can sense what's coming

Australian scientists have thrown new light on the mechanism behind the mass death of corals worldwide as the Earth's climate warms.

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created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Sea life 'must swim faster to survive'

Fish and other sea creatures will have to travel large distances to survive climate change, international marine scientists have warned. Sea life, particularly in the Indian Ocean, the Western and Eastern Pacific and the ...

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created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NOAA releases status on Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary marine resources

NOAA scientists have found that pressure from increasing coastal populations, ship and boat groundings, marine debris, poaching, and climate change are critically threatening the health of the Florida Keys ecosystem. Many ...

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created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Captive breeding could transform the saltwater aquarium trade and save coral reefs

Marine biologists at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute are developing means to efficiently breed saltwater aquarium fish, seahorses, plankton and invertebrates in captivity in order ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study in underwater laboratory may help manage seaweed-eating fish that protect coral

A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral ...

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created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists develop new coral dating method, hint at future sea-level changes

New evidence of sea-level oscillations during a warm period that started about 125,000 years ago raises the possibility of a similar scenario if the planet continues its more recent warming trend, says a research team led ...

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created Sep 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 8 | with audio podcast