Cuba risks losing a vast stretch of beach front homes and pristine coastal habitat by 2050, because of rapidly rising sea levels, a top environmental official warned Thursday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 11, 2013 3 / 5 (5) 1

U.S. officials are seeking to limit the number of parrotfish caught in federal waters off St. Croix to help protect the brightly colored species, as well as fragile Caribbean coral reefs.

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Mar 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

Mats of algae and seaweed have shrouded the once thick coral in shallow reefs off Jamaica's north coast. Warm ocean waters have bleached out the coral, and in a cascade of ecological decline, the sea urchins ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 26, 2013 3.9 / 5 (9) 4

(Phys.org)—Many Caribbean coral reefs have either stopped growing or are on the threshold of starting to erode, which new evidence has revealed.

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Feb 25, 2013 not rated yet 0

Coral reefs build their structures by both producing and accumulating calcium carbonate, and this is essential for the maintenance and continued vertical growth capacity of reefs. An international research ...

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Jan 29, 2013 3.3 / 5 (6) 2 |

A new study finds that Caribbean seaweeds are far better competitors than their equivalents in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. But this triumph is bad news for Caribbean coral reefs.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Groupers, a family of fishes often found in coral reefs and prized for their quality of flesh, are facing critical threats to their survival. As part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...

Biology - Ecology

May 09, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

The decline of Caribbean coral reefs has been linked to the recent effects of human-induced climate change. However, new research led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego suggests ...

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Mar 30, 2012 4.8 / 5 (9) 8 |

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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Sep 16, 2011 not rated yet 0

Earth's coral reefs have not been faring well in recent decades, facing multiple threats from pollution, disease, elevated water temperatures, and overfishing. Often referred to as the "rainforests of the Sea," coral reefs ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 12, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0

Networks of biologically-connected marine protected areas need to be carefully planned, taking into account the open ocean migrations of marine fish larvae that take them from one home to another sometimes hundreds of kilometers ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 11, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Groupers may be able to limit the invasion of lionfish on Caribbean coral reefs, according to new research conducted by The University of Queensland (UQ).

Biology - Ecology

Jul 06, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Stopping people fishing around Caribbean coral reefs by designating them legally protected marine reserves could help some of them survive the effects of a changing climate by more than 50 years.

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Jun 29, 2011 5 / 5 (4) 3 |

Climate change is already widely recognized to be negatively affecting coral reef ecosystems around the world, yet the long-term effects are difficult to predict. University of Miami (UM) scientists are using ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 07, 2011 3 / 5 (1) 2 |

Above-average temperatures this year could spark massive coral bleaching in the Caribbean basin region, experts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warned Wednesday after a major ...

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Sep 23, 2010 1 / 5 (2) 0