by Matthew Stansbery | Aug 15, 2014 | Conservation, Corals, Opinion, Reef
Coral reefs are theorized to annual undergo a “bleaching” event in where corals die off as a result of ecological changes. As climate change rears its ugly head those impacts are slowly becoming a human... by Matthew Stansbery | Aug 14, 2014 | Conservation, Invertebrates, Science, Too Cute
Scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Exeter and the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) CRIOBE in France have long understood that artificial marine noise can affect the ecology of marine life, but they now understand that propeller noise from boats can... by Matthew Stansbery | Aug 1, 2014 | Conservation, Corals, Fish, Technology
On the forefront of technological reef research the country of Belize has assigned drones to combat illegal fishing throughout marine protected areas, in what may be the first use of drones for conservation. … by Matthew Stansbery | Jun 5, 2014 | Conservation, Corals, Opinion, Science
A new study from the University of Georgia is helping us better understand the role symbiotic algae plays in bleaching events that occur on reefs throughout the world. Published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography the study created a minute-by-minute timeline... by Matthew Stansbery | Jun 1, 2014 | Conservation, Invertebrates
Newly appointed Professor Peter Ward, of the University Adelaide’s Sprigg Geobiology Centre is calling for a global ban on trade of the Nautilus sea shell. His efforts are stemming from a recent trip the Phillipeans where he found that the Nautilus is close to...