Hanoi - With Vietnam's scuba diving capital of Nha Trang hosting a week-long maritime festival, a local marine biology expert said Tuesday the area could lose all of its coral within 30 years.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Map, News) - Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands' development, according to a study released Thursday.
By MIKE CORDER
FARMING in coastal areas near the Great Barrier Reef has killed off inshore reefs and boosted algal growth, a new study shows.
By MELISSA TANJI, Staff Writer
In a major initiative announced today by Reef Check, California’s dive community has joined together to help support volunteers working to protect our nearshore reef ecosystems. Top dive shops across the state have agreed to provide free air to Reef Check divers as part of the Reef Check “Buddy Breathing” program. Divers who show their NAUI or PADI Reef Check EcoDiver specialty card will receive free air fills for Reef Check survey and monitoring work.
An Interstate 10 bridge that once stretched across Escambia Bay is slowly being transformed into a massive underwater reef.
KEY LARGO -- Harold Hudson has logged more time underwater than many fish.
LOS ANGELES -- The current outbreak of toxic algae off the Los Angeles Harbor is the most virulent on record, leaving animal rehabilitation centers so overburdened that some sick sea lions are temporarily left to fend for themselves at local beaches, it was reported Thursday.
By MOHAMMED AL A'ALI
The Bush administration has delivered proposed legislation to Congress calling for stepped-up protection for the nation's coral reefs, according to a news release issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
LOS ANGELES -- The current outbreak of toxic algae off the Los Angeles Harbor is the most virulent on record, leaving animal rehabilitation centers so overburdened that some sick sea lions are temporarily left to fend for themselves at local beaches, it was reported Thursday.
Biologists fighting aggressive alien seaweeds that destroy Hawaiian reefs are turning to sea urchins and fish that graze on the plants in hopes that their feeding will help control the invaders.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina (May 8, 2007 15:49 EST) An international team of scientists working on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has found a clear link between coral disease and warmer ocean temperatures.
Snapper, blue maomao and parore swarm near the rocks as a hundred visitors stand and watch. In the shadows of the kelp behind them, much larger snapper lurk.|
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