Trouble Lurks Beneath the Surface of Ocean Conservation
by César Gaviria and Patti Harris BOGOTÁ – The ocean is our greatest natural resource. It provides half the planet’s oxygen, helps to feed half the world’s people, and, as…
Coral Reef Death
Coral bleaching threatens 73 percent of world’s reefs
Record-breaking ocean temperatures have induced an ongoing mass bleaching event that puts almost three quarters of the world’s coral reefs at risk, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)…
Decade of Climate Breakdown Saw 14 per cent of Coral Reefs Vanish
Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs combined…
World could lose coral reefs by end of century, warns UN environment report
Every one of the world’s coral reefs could bleach by the end of the century, unless there are drastic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has…
Saving The Amazon Reef
The Great Barrier Reef on the north-east coast of Australia which contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, has been the only reef which has been in the news…
Can Red Sea Corals Save The Worlds Reefs?
Hot water tolerant Red Sea corals could be the key to saving the worlds reefs. It will take an international effort to create the massive coral nurseries here in the…
Saving Coral Reefs Means Slashing Emissions
An example of coral bleaching. (Photo: SarahDepper/flickr/cc) Climate change is the primary cause of coral reef degradation around the world, according to a groundbreaking new study that casts doubt on…
Oceans Are Dying
Threatened by climate change, pollution, overfishing, and oil spills, the world's oceans are suffering, scientists warned on Wednesday—the day designated by the United Nations as one to honor the deep…
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