by Matthew Stansbery | Aug 19, 2014 | Conservation, Corals, Reef
A new study performed by a San Diego State University team adds to the conversation about commercial fishing and inhabited islands around the Pacific. Many recent studies have shown how the presence of humans on an island, and in this case the act of commercial... 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...