... , a submersible equipped with cameras is helping provide the most detailed maps ever recorded of underwater shelves and struggling coral reefs in the Caribbean off the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
... , which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea. They hope that one day the reef will cover 16 acres and have room for 125,000 remains.
... waters, so when you tell people that reef systems exist in the cold waters off ... despite being in deep water with strong currents, the reefs are potentially threatened by fishing, energy exploration, ...
By 2050 the Great Barrier Reef will be unrecognisable. Bacterial slime, largely devoid of life, will be everywhere, writes Charlie Veron.
Coral reefs in the disputed Spratlys island chain in the South China Sea are either dead or dying due to destructive fishing, a study by Philippine biologists has said.
The Institute for Figuring's rendition of the Great Barrier Reef in crochet is coming to London's Hayward from June 11 2008
... weakened by an external force or because they are genetically weaker than some other individuals. Coral reefs are important because they protect our shores from wave action and create habitat for ...
TITUSVILLE, Fla., June 14 (UPI) -- Mats with oyster shells attached to them are contributing to the growth of oyster reefs in Florida's Mosquito Lagoon, experts say.
The outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish that has been plaguing the Great Barrier Reef is waning, but coral disease is on the rise, a new study has found.
... help reduce the potential impact of climate change on estuaries, forests, wetlands, coral reefs and other sensitive ecosystems. The report identifies strategies to protect the environment as these ...
Scientists report that numbers of coral trout increased rapidly after “no-take” zones were created in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park .
... reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. The newly discovered ...
... replenish themselves and this could lead to extinctions.
"These results show that as a group, reef-building corals are more at risk of extinction than all terrestrial groups, apart from amphibians, ...
... States coast as far as Rhode Island.
"This is a new and voracious predator on these coral reefs and it's undergoing a population explosion," Hixon said. "The threats to coral reefs all over the ...
... " The geographic range of A. planci includes the most biodiverse as well as some of the most threatened reefs on earth," said Hugh Sweatman of the Australian Institute of Marine Science. "This study ...
