News tagged with elkhorn coral
Catching a coral killer
Coral reefs play an important role in marine ecosystems, so it's concerning to scientists, as well as ocean conservationists, that many coral reefs around the world are in distress or dying off.
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Human sewage kills imperiled coral: study
A research team from Rollins College in Florida and the University of Georgia has identified human sewage as the source of the coral-killing pathogen that causes white pox disease of Caribbean elkhorn coral. ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Smithsonian to help create frozen repository for the Great Barrier Reef
Researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and partnering organizations will build a frozen repository of Great Barrier Reef coral sperm and embryonic cells. Genetic banks composed of frozen biomaterials ...
May 19, 2011 |
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Super-rare 'elkhorn' coral found in Pacific
An Australian scientist has discovered what could be the world's rarest coral in the remote North Pacific Ocean.
Jul 29, 2010 |
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New ocean acidification study shows added danger to already struggling coral reefs
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggests that over the next century recruitment of new corals could drop by 73 percent, as rising ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Coral off Puerto Rico's coast 'ideal case study' for Gulf oil spill's impact
Coral living off the coast of Puerto Rico may provide researchers valuable information about the potential impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Aug 25, 2010 |
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Coral transplantation the simple and cheap solution to reef restoration
It is a question asked by marine scientists from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Barrier Reef; how best to restore coral reefs and marine habitat once it has been damaged or even killed? Now research published in Restoration Ec ...
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Coral in Florida Keys suffers lethal hit from cold
Bitter cold this month may have wiped out many of the shallow water corals in the Keys.
Jan 30, 2010 |
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Caribbean coral reefs flattened
Coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been comprehensively 'flattened' over the last 40 years, according to a disturbing new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Isopora or isn't it? Mistaken identity leads researchers to two new extinct species of coral
What began as an homage to achievement in the field of coral reef geology has evolved into the discovery of an unexpected link between corals of the Pacific and Atlantic. Dr. Ann F. Budd from the University ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2008 |
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A third of reef-building corals face extinction
A third of reef-building corals around the world are threatened with extinction, according to the first-ever comprehensive global assessment to determine their conservation status. The study findings were ...
Jul 10, 2008 |
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NOAA report states half of US coral reefs in 'poor' or 'fair' condition
Nearly half of U.S. coral reef ecosystems are considered to be in "poor" or "fair" condition according to a new NOAA analysis of the health of coral reefs under US jurisdiction. The NOAA report says that the nation's coral ...
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Smithsonian scientists working to save microscopic threatened species
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo recently acquired 12,000 new animals—microscopic Elkhorn coral larvae harvested by National Zoo scientists in Puerto Rico—as part of an international collaborative program to ...
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Sep 26, 2007 |
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Group threatens to sue U.S. over corals
An environmental group is threatening to sue the U.S. government for failing to draw up a plan to protect two coral species newly listed as endangered.
May 13, 2007 |
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