by Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Conservation, Industry
One of the most pressing demands placed upon policy makers and those seeking to protect marine biodiversity is to identify which areas need our protection efforts the most. In a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers identified six marine... by Joe Rowlett | Jan 9, 2017 | Corals, Science
Aquarists don’t usually spend much time pondering the finer details of stony coral morphology, but within their calcareous walls is a wealth of information waiting to be explored. The microscopic structure in a scleractinian’s skeleton contains important clues to the... by AquaNerd | Mar 31, 2016 | Corals, Events, Fish, Reef, Science
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been hit by widespread coral bleaching, which has the potential to be devastating to one of the world’s most iconic natural wonders. Battered by record warming on land and sea the past two years, coral reefs around the world have suffered bleaching events. When that happens, corals expel the symbiotic algae living in their tissues, causing corals to turn white or pale. Without the algae, the coral loses its major source of food and is more susceptible to disease. Starting in the North Pacific Ocean in the summer 2014, the bleaching expanded to the South Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean in 2015. That prompted NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch in October to declare the third ever global bleaching event – after the 1997-1999 by Matthew Stansbery | Nov 30, 2015 | Conservation, Fish, Reef, Sustainability
On the heels of international climate talks in Paris, the World Wildlife Fund has released a startling review of the status of our oceans titled “Living Blue Planet Report.” The WWF and the Zoological Society of London releases a bi-annual report that... by Matthew Stansbery | Nov 17, 2015 | Conservation, Corals, Reef, Sustainability
Data collected from the Reef Life Survey has allowed researchers from Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton to measure the thermal-range tolerance of 2,695 shallow reef fish and 1225 reef invertebrates.…
