[ad_1] New and innovative projects improve the quality of the water flowing through the Great Barrier Reef and produce positive health outcomes for this global icon. The Delivering Reef water quality results …
Read More »The Great Barrier Reef is "en route for a difficult ride"
[ad_1] During the summer of 2017, much of the Australian Great Barrier Reef – usually a riot of electric oranges, reds and other colors – has become pale and ghostly. Unusually warm …
Read More »‘The Great Barrier Reef’ provides a peek in the ocean (review)
[ad_1] CLEVELAND, Ohio-As the days grow increasingly dark and colder, a trip to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef looks better and better. If you don’t have the time or funds for such excursion, …
Read More »Coral reef fish responses to escape obey simple behavioral rules
[ad_1] In a wide range of coral reef fish species, a sequence of well defined decision rules generates escape behavior to escape a perceived threat. Credit: Stella Hein The escape response to …
Read More »Large shark nursery found near coral reef off Irish coast
[ad_1] A rare shark nursery has been found off the coast of Ireland by exploring the country's coral reefs. Scientists working on the Irish government's INFOMAR program used to remotely operated vehicles …
Read More »Singapore’s largest reef structure installed, Environment News & Top Stories
[ad_1] In an effort to preserve Singapore’s marine biodiversity, the Republic’s largest man-made reef structure to date was installed yesterday in the waters off Small Sister’s Island. It is part of an …
Read More »Study tracks severe bleaching events on a Pacific coral reef over past century
[ad_1] Ninety-five percent of the corals were bleached in November 2015, but still alive when the WHOI team visited Jarvis during the peak of the 2015-16 El Nino. Credit: Thomas M. DeCarlo, …
Read More »Ruth Gates, Coral Reef Science Champion, Dies at 56 :: WRAL.com
[ad_1] Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times Ruth Gates, a renowned marine biologist who has worked all her life to save the world's fragile coral reefs from the disastrous effects of warmer …
Read More »Rescue Robot will help revive the Great Barrier Reef of Australia
[ad_1] SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – For the first time, an undersea robot will be used to plant coral babies in parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef damaged by mass laundering, while scientists plan …
Read More »Coral Bleaching Episodes Result in Behavioral Changes in Major Reef Fish Species
[ad_1] New research suggests that higher ocean temperatures and coral bleaching also cause rapid behavioral changes in reef fish. For two years, an international team of researchers spent more than 600 hours …
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