News tagged with coral disease

Genome of marine organism reveals hidden secrets

An international team of researchers led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has deciphered the genome of a tropical marine organism known to produce substances potentially ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Coral reefs in warming seas

Disease outbreaks are often associated with hot weather. Because many bacteria typically multiply more rapidly in warmer conditions, it's a commonly held notion that warm-weather outbreaks are a straightforward consequence ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Single-cell marine organisms offer clues to how cells interact with the environment

From a bucket of seawater, scientists have unlocked information that may lead to deeper understanding of organisms as different as coral reefs and human disease. By analyzing genomes of a tiny, single-celled marine animal, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacterial pathogens and rising temperatures threaten coral health

Coral reefs around the world are in serious trouble from pollution, over-fishing, climate change and more. The last thing they need is an infection. But that's exactly what yellow band disease (YBD) is—a bacterial infection ...

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created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Another outbreak of coral disease hits reefs of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

The disease called acute Montipora White Syndrome (MWS) has reappeared and is again killing corals in Kaneohe Bay, Oʻahu. 

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In the turf war against seaweed, coral reefs more resilient than expected

There's little doubt that coral reefs the world over face threats on many fronts: pollution, diseases, destructive fishing practices and warming oceans. But reefs appear to be more resistant to one potential menace - seaweed ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Viral disease -- particularly from herpes -- gaining interest as possible cause of coral decline

As corals continue to decline in abundance around the world, researchers are turning their attention to a possible cause that's almost totally unexplored – viral disease.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New DNA array sheds light on coral disease

The answer to what's killing the world's coral reefs may be found in a tiny chip that fits in the palm of your hand.

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientific sleuths pinpoint the guilty coral killers

The elusive culprits that are killing countless coral reefs around the world can now be nabbed with technology normally used to diagnose human diseases, marine researchers say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

After the oil spill: New research sheds light on coral susceptibility to environmental stress

Much attention has been paid to the fate of wildlife living on and above the Gulf of Mexico's surface. Now, a new research study published in the June 2010 print issue of the FASEB Journal looks toward the seafloor to exp ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fears mount of massive Caribbean coral bleaching: study

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 ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New mathematical model helps biologists understand how coral dies in warming waters

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell University researchers have found a new tool to help marine biologists better grasp the processes under the sea: They have created mathematical models to unveil the bacterial community ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0