Marah J. Hardt: I studied coral reefs during graduate school, and in particular I was looking at human impacts on coral reefs.
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Best about coral reefs: "Chasing Coral" All over the world and at a terrifying rate, coral reefs are disappearing due to climate change.
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Coral reefs: Waves from major hurricanes can cause serious structural damage to coral reefs, but seem to have little impact on their ability to support life.
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Related: Watch Gauzy Coral Reefs Shape-Shift Into Letters Art Mimics Life in a Dying Coral Reef Installation Now You Can Experience Miami's Neon Coral Reefs with Oculus Rift
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It banned some sunscreens to protect coral reefs Hawaii was in the spotlight last summer when a ban on sunscreens containing chemicals harmful to coral reefs was signed into law.
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A search party is underway across the world's coral reefs.
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For one, Guantanamo's relatively undisturbed coral reefs could be analyzed.
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Scientists may have figured out how to save coral reefs .
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Kim Cobb working in the Kiritimati coral reefs in 2014.
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Losing coral reefs is bad for the environment — and people.
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If temperatures cool, coral reefs are usually able to recover.
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Looking forward to a day exploring coral reefs in Hawaii?
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Somewhere where there are coral reefs, but also lush jungle.
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Wetlands, rain forests and coral reefs all come to life.
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Richard Vevers has been diving around coral reefs for decades.
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Coral reefs are among the earth's most precious natural resources.
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Coral reefs nourish vast fish populations that feed the world.
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When I think Kentucky, I somehow don't think coral reefs.
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Director: Jeff Orlowski A whole film about dying coral reefs?
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Led by Bloomberg Philanthropies, it aims to identify the 50 highest priority coral reefs that have the best chance of surviving climate change, as a way of protecting coral reefs from climate change-induced extinction.
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The islet is known for its powdery beach and coral reefs.
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Coral reefs in the lagoon of the Toau atoll, French Polynesia.
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"It's a tool to democratize access to coral reefs," Sand says.
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Around the world, 2000% of marine life calls coral reefs home.
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It's too late to save the coral reefs—and the rainforests.
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First of all, coral reefs are an incredible source of biodiversity.
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The venomous fish wait in coral reefs to ambush their prey.
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Coral reefs are often dubbed the rain forests of the ocean.
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Story at a glance Climate change has hit coral reefs hard.
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The loss of coral reefs is not just an aesthetic disaster.
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Within 20 years, 70-90% of coral reefs will likely die.
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Below, five new fragrances inspired by coral reefs and blue depths.
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Warmer waters endanger coral reefs that are homes to many fish.
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Polyps divide into thousands of clones that eventually form coral reefs.
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The death of coral reefs is a tragedy on many levels.
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The Caribbean island offers a beacon of hope for coral reefs.
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It was a bleak decade for coral reefs around the world.
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If you're inspired to do more for coral reefs, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association has suggestions, including giving coral reefs a wide radius if you swim or dive near them, and choosing coral-safe sunscreen.
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"Coral reefs are the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on the planet -- 25% of all marine species live in association with coral reefs," Jamison Gove, a research oceanographer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), told CNN.
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In December 2012, Typhoon Bopha leveled Kayangel, ravaging its nearby coral reefs.
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Nothing, however, has been found in fossilized ecosystems such as coral reefs.
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"It's like the Super Bowl of coral reefs, this place," Cohen said.
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In coral reefs, certain species of flatworm do battle with their members.
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"The deeper seafloor behind the familiar coral reefs amazed us," Beaman added.
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As coral reefs wither and fisheries collapse, octopuses are multiplying like mad.
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Coral reefs are found from the Middle East to Australia and America.
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Coral reefs have been decimated by ocean warming associated with climate change.
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Coral reefs have had a rough run over the past two years.
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Coral reefs worldwide are at risk as climate change warms the oceans.
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I don't know if we can prevent the coral reefs from dying.
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Guam is surrounded by coral reefs and has five protected marine preserves.
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The demo, named "Eyes on Habitat: Coral Reefs" was unveiled on Wednesday.
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Her goal is to continue to research and hopefully rehabilitate coral reefs.
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In theory, coral reefs can recover from even a severe bleaching event.
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They're also not known to cause any substantial harm to coral reefs.
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Coral reefs are dying at an alarming rate all around the globe.
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An ocean without coral reefs is like a landscape devoid of forests.
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In the oceans, climate change is stressing coral reefs to their limits.
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I think it's important to protect our island, the coral reefs especially.
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Coral reefs around the world are in decline because of climate change.
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Some studies suggest half of the world's coral reefs have already died.
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The scientists next turned their attention to coral reefs around the islands.
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Coral reefs dampen more than 97% of waves before they reach coastlines.
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Story at a glance Climate change is ravaging the world's coral reefs.
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Around the world, coral reefs provide food, tourism income, and protection from storms for more than 275 million people, including in the US. Coral reefs in Hawaii are valued at more than $33 billion for the US economy.
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Climate change is warming and acidifying the oceans, threatening to annihilate coral reefs.
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Research indicates nearly all the world's coral reefs could be lost by 12.
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Since the 245s, the world's coral reefs have experienced three significant mass bleachings.
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My students and I explored archipelagos and jungles, coral reefs and colonial cities.
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Coral reefs are crucial to recreational fisheries, the tourism industry, and medical research.
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This information is key if we want to save coral reefs from dying.
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The most important way to protect coral reefs is by tackling climate change.
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But nobody who studies coral reefs believes El Niño is entirely to blame.
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To do that, they're creating 3D visualizations of coral reefs around the world.
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This is troubling, for countless critters depend on coral reefs for their survival.
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Coral reefs are under tremendous pressure from climate change, ocean acidification, and overfishing.
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The most dramatic ecological victim of climate change is the world's coral reefs.
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Ocean acidification is wreaking havoc all over the sea, including in coral reefs.
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Coral reefs are already dying on a massive scale due to heat stress.
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There are many good alternatives that are safe for people and coral reefs.
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As a consequence, coral reefs, and the marine ecosystems they support, are dying.
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An estimated 14,000 tons of sunscreen ends up in coral reefs each year.
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Still others could be close-ups of rough-hewn, jewel-like coral reefs.
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Our oil addiction is fueling a climate crisis and killing our coral reefs.
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The refuge includes 832 acres of land and 371 acres of coral reefs.
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Today, ecotourists come to explore its coral reefs, salt caves, and mangrove forests.
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On coral reefs, for example, frogfish can push off surfaces with their fins.
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Dolphins, giant turtles and coral reefs are all captured in impossibly clear shots.
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Coral reefs will continue to be damaged, but will not be wiped out.
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Unfortunately, one can't say the same for coral reefs, forests or Arctic ice.
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Coral reefs are home to an estimated 25 percent of all marine life.
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That absorption has lead to ocean acidification, harming coral reefs and ocean wildlife.
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Coral reefs are essential to the health of the oceans and human life.
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Sunscreen manufacturers have also disputed the claims about the dangers to coral reefs.
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Current predictions are that coral reefs worldwide could be gone within 25 years.
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But there's another problem with those Southern Hemisphere waves: Many of them are reef breaks—spots where waves break over coral reefs, rather than at the beach—and coral reefs are rapidly dying from bleaching, an effect related to climate change.
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Over at MIT, researchers have developed a hypnotic fish robot for studying coral reefs.
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Droughts and water shortages will be more severe, and coral reefs may disappear completely.
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Oxybenzone, the UV-filtering ingredient found in most sunblock, is toxic to coral reefs.
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One of these coral reefs is at Palmyra Atoll, an island south of Hawaii.
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Some effects -- the disappearance of most coral reefs, for instance -- now seem nearly inevitable.
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Worldwide, coral reefs in shallow waters are among ecosystems most threatened by climate change.
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Coral reefs can be truly massive ecosystems, so NASA's helping map them from space.
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Many coral reefs too went extinct, only to re-form millions of years later.
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Coral reefs, rich in biodiversity, may soon be a tenth of their current size.
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This could cause multiple feet of sea level rise and endanger tropical coral reefs.
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The bill comes at a time when coral reefs are struggling to thrive worldwide.
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The damage to coral reefs in Hawaii isn't the only thing to worry about.
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The world's coral reefs are being ravaged by warmer oceans caused by global warming.
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Coral reefs in Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia experienced 70 to 90 percent mortality.
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Dolphins, coral reefs and sailboats are all at your doorstep, which is likely oceanfront.
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Rather than 70 to 90 percent of coral reefs dying, 99 percent will die.
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And climate change is warming and acidifying the oceans, threatening to annihilate coral reefs.
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It specifically pointed out the risk to coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef.
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Coral reefs, like the Indonesian one shown here, offer endless opportunities for underwater photographers.
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It would, for example, see us lose about 70% of the world's coral reefs.
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We're explaining why some scientists think underwater speakers could help revitalize dead coral reefs.
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Warmer oceans can lead to more powerful storms and increased stress on coral reefs.
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Coral reefs are the rain forests of the sea, a huge concentration of diversity.
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Over the past two decades, they've turned increasingly to one important place: coral reefs.
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But coral reefs from around the globe remain under threat from environmental problems as well.
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More critical, though, are the 275 million people who depend on coral reefs for survival.
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But 2 degrees of warming would mean essentially all coral reefs disappear, per the report.
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Over 25 percent of marine species somewhat depend on coral reefs to survive, Eakin says.
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This first paper, published in Coral Reefs, is starting to answer some of these questions.
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As heat waves have increased, kelp forests, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs have been lost.
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Coral reefs offer far more to the human race than colorful dives and awesome fish.
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Abroad More than 75 percent of coral reefs are currently at risk across the globe.
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Bottom line: There's an immediate and drastic impact on coral reefs, rainforests and their inhabitants.
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Hawaii has become the first US state to ban sunscreens deemed harmful to coral reefs.
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It also shows climate change threatens the diversity that is the hallmark of coral reefs.
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So you're going to see the slow decline of the coral reefs in the area.
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Better informed citizens could only help in saving a world treasure like the coral reefs.
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Sand miners have damaged coral reefs in Kenya and undermined bridges in Liberia and Nigeria.
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The geopark is home to beaches, estuaries, coral reefs, caves, and limestone, according to UNESCO.
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Because they are so diverse, coral reefs are often called the 'rainforests of the sea.
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Half the coral reefs have either gone or are in a state of sharp decline.
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The glaciers are melting, the coral reefs are dying, Miami Beach is slowly going under.
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Here's what they usually look like: Coral reefs are, however, extremely vulnerable to soaring temperatures.
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Now, the good news is that coral reefs can recover from these mass die-offs.
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That increase would have significant consequences for food chains, coral reefs and flood-prone areas.
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And given its crystal blue waters, pristine coral reefs and lush rainforests, that's a surprise.
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Understanding the bleaching might actually hold the key to protecting coral reefs in the future.
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Coral reefs would decline by 70% to 90% instead of being almost completely wiped out.
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At 1.5 degrees of warming, some coral reefs will survive; at 2 degrees, none will.
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Important ecosystems like mangrove forests, coral reefs and seagrass beds will suffer a similar fate.
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They need to preserve and restore their first line of defense -- wetlands and coral reefs.
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The state of coral reefs is a telling sign of the health of the seas.
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So is seawater acidification, which is destroying coral reefs that support the ocean food chain.
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His mission: Capture images of scientists at work on coral reefs threatened by climate change.
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"We must act on climate change and alter the trajectory for coral reefs," Ainsworth said.
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Why it matters: Fish keep the growth of algae, which can harm coral reefs, in check.
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Scientists studying coral reefs do so an hour at a time, until their air runs out.
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For all that science knows about coral reefs, these complex ecosystems are still maddeningly, well, complex.
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One-fifth of the world's coral reefs have already disappeared or are suffering from severe damage.
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The chemicals in sunscreen are just some of the many pollutants that are threatening coral reefs.
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Per the report, scientists projected the 246-degree scenario would reduce coral reefs by 250–22018%.
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Nearly all aquatic life in oceans worldwide would be impacted; 99% of coral reefs could die.
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Take sharks out of coral reefs, for instance, and the number of fish like groupers skyrockets.
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The coral reefs are located at Raja Ampat, an Indonesian island chain that's popular with tourists.
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Damage to the ship was minimal, but the same cannot be said for the coral reefs.
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"You can't revive coral reefs and eroded beaches and degraded forests in six months," Gebbie said.
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One Asian seaweed brought to Hawaii has smothered some coral reefs by out-competing local plants.
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Sea surface temperatures rose around the Indian Ocean, bleaching 90% of coral reefs in the archipelago.
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From the Great Barrier Reef to the Caribbean, coral reefs are being devastated by climate change.
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"It's a natural laboratory for studying how coral reefs might respond to climate change," says Burt.
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I love the coral reefs around the planet — the different shades of blue are very striking.
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This will make a huge difference in protecting our coral reefs, marine life, and human health.
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With these efforts, perhaps one day all the world's coral reefs will be documented in 3D.
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They also disputed the extent to which chemicals in sunscreens are thought to affect coral reefs.
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There are also yards and yards of plastic foam, which she uses for bleached coral reefs.
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"If we look closely enough, maybe it's even present in systems like forests or coral reefs."
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Dive into the coral reefs of Southeast Asia or Australia and you'll likely spot a wrasse.
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Today, more than 500 million people depend on coral reefs for food, income and coastal protection.
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Mildly bleached coral reefs can recover if temperatures cool and the algae that inhabits them returns.
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A scientist couple has designed a lidar-equipped laboratory that can map coral reefs from above.
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I move my mind's eyes to the wetlands, the mountains, the coral reefs, the golden prairies.
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It's made up of coral reefs, cays and islands, many of which are covered with mangroves.
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"She took action — to do something now — that would ensure coral reefs survive into the future."
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Marine scientist Michael Beck wrote that endangered coral reefs are much more than a tourist attraction.
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The lower pH bleaches coral reefs and makes oceans uninhabitable for marine life over prolonged periods.
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Across the United States, coral reefs provide more than $1.8 billion in flood protection every year.
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I passed coral reefs and a shipwreck and swam with manta rays and singing humpback whales.
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However, if you're gonna go to learn about the coral reefs, why not swim around them?
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Usually when disaster befalls coral reefs, they take about 10 or 20 years to bounce back.
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Honaunau Bay IMAGING CORAL REEFS CORAL BIODIVERSITY ■ Live finger corals ■ Live plate corals ■ Live mound corals ■ Dead, bleached corals ■ Sand SCANNING FORESTS MEASURING BIODIVERSITY BLOCKED BY SEAWATER Honaunau Bay IMAGING CORAL REEFS CORAL BIODIVERSITY ■ Live finger corals SCANNING FORESTS MEASURING BIODIVERSITY BLOCKED BY SEAWATER Honaunau Bay IMAGING CORAL REEFS CORAL BIODIVERSITY SCANNING FORESTS A unique spectral sensor measures wavelengths of light bouncing off the forest canopy to identify distinct tree species, shown here in artificial colors.
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Pollution.By sea snake standards, the turtle-headed sea snakes found across Indo-Pacific coral reefs are unusual.
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Coral reefs around the world have been hit hard with a coral bleaching event from overheated seas.
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Coral reefs are suffering as a result; scientists expect almost all corals to be gone by 2050.
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Earth's coral reefs are dying so quickly that some scientists say they'll be gone by mid-century.
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If temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius, coral reefs would be nearly wiped out across the planet.
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Coral is an abundant food source on coral reefs, but the stuff isn't exactly easy to eat.
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Here's what a healthy reef looks like: But coral reefs are also extremely vulnerable to soaring temperatures.
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Tidal terminators Lionfish are super predators in Atlantic waters, taking out other species and ruining coral reefs.
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He's working to develop others around the world, including underwater to listen for changes to coral reefs.
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The IPBES reports would gauge the risks to natural systems, ranging from coral reefs to cloud forests.
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In their natural environment, in the Banda Sea near Indonesia, the flashlight fish live in coral reefs.
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"Because they're at the top of the food chain, they rely on those coral reefs," he said.
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The sunscreen that seeps off ocean dwellers' skin is contributing to the ongoing destruction of coral reefs.
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I'm a student from the University of North Carolina, and I study coral reefs in the Caribbean.
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Oxybenzone also has negative effects on our environment, contributing towards the bleaching and death of coral reefs.
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The state recently banned two sunscreen ingredients that researchers have found to be harmful to coral reefs.
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Protecting coastal infrastructure such as coral reefs is increasingly seen as vital to the region's tourist industry.
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Ms. Frizzle takes her class into coral reefs of Hawaii, outer space, glaciers and the human body.
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The future of coral reefs looks grim Warm ocean temperatures are the main driver of coral bleaching.
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Around 80 percent of Earth's coral reefs died off, tanking fishing and tourism economies around the world.
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That and broader, more permanent rising ocean temperatures are putting coral reefs at increased risk, they add.
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The nutrient-rich sewage spilling into the waters allows algae to proliferate and suffocate the coral reefs.
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The world has lost nearly a quarter of all its coral reefs in the past 30 years.
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According to the conservation group W.W.F., almost a quarter of coral reefs worldwide are damaged beyond repair.
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Due to the dirt runoff from off-roading and illegal dumping, the coral reefs are in danger.
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Overall, the Florida Keys have lost 90 percent of their coral reefs in the last 40 years.
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This species and closely related staghorn corals had dominated Caribbean coral reefs for at least 5,000 years.
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And yet coral reefs are oases that support about a quarter of all known species on Earth.
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Hurricanes, overdevelopment and warming seas have devastated coral reefs around Florida, inducing a condition called coral bleaching.
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The storm also brought rainwater that altered sea salinity and changed water temperature, possibly shocking coral reefs.
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Life insurance models might also be adapted to protect endangered ecosystems such as coral reefs, he added.
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"If you're going to learn about the coral reefs, why not swim around in them?" he said.
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Sexier seascapes like coastal areas and coral reefs have stolen the Eastern Tropical Pacific's thunder — until now.
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A recent study found that plastic also kills coral reefs by making them more susceptible to disease.
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It was developed originally to study coral reefs in the Red Sea, meaning a light touch was essential.
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And coral reefs in general are often thought to be the most biodiverse of any ecosystems on earth.
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Coral Reef Alliance Global group working to protect coral reefs and to support communities that depend on them.
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Kosrae is a remote volcanic island known for its pristine coral reefs, making it especially popular with divers.
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But bleaching is disastrous for coral reefs, because the algae provide about 90 percent of the coral's energy.
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We tend to think of coral reefs as luminous, undersea jungles that pepper the shallow, scuba-friendly tropics.
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According to the new study, coral reefs provide $231 billion in goods and services to the US alone.
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They went scuba diving in the coral reefs and touched real rays and even one dolphin, they said.
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Wetlands, mangroves, ponds and coral reefs are being restored to protect the village from future floods and storms.
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CORAL reefs are one of the world's richest environments for marine wildlife, but they live on the edge.
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The pH is predicted to decrease to 7.8 by 2100, affecting coral reefs and the marine food chain.
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So, it's actually 22050,2 separate, individual coral reefs, and every one of them is in a different condition.
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Even though some of the damage is irreversible, not all hope is lost for the world's coral reefs.
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Projections suggest that 60% of all coral reefs are likely to be highly or critically threatened by 2030.
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Rising ocean temperatures have killed one-third of coral reefs near Guam, University of Guam researchers said Monday.
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All while appreciating the blueness of the ocean, the dancing schools of fish, and the electrifying coral reefs.
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Researchers compared 18th-century nautical charts to contemporary ocean data, revealing a dramatic loss of Florida's coral reefs.
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The South Pacific nation faces major environmental challenges, from the destruction of coral reefs to rising sea levels.
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She laments in her work the polluting and warming of the oceans and the decimation of coral reefs.
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By all measures, this was a great move because it fully protected all coral reefs in the monument.
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These include ceramic units for seeding coral larvae, spearheaded by Secore, a conservation organization that restores coral reefs.
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Coral reefs, which by some estimates support a quarter of all ocean life, are harmed by warming oceans.
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The rapid expansion of the lionfish is also being felt more widely, threatening coral reefs and fish stocks.
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"Coral reefs provide tens of billions of dollars to economies and protect shorelines and infrastructures around the world."
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INTERNATIONAL An article on Tuesday about threats facing Australia's coral reefs misidentified the location of Edith Cowan University.
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A new study mapped more than 100 locations where extreme weather events have affected forests and coral reefs.
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While they may be beautiful to look at, coral reefs act as crucial tools in protecting the environment.
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It's promising research because bringing fish back to ailing coral reefs is an important piece of the puzzle.
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Coral reefs form more easily near the surface of the water, where the sun can feed the algae.
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The high temperatures can kill coral reefs, strand sea lions on shore, and shut down fisheries and crabbing.
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PACIFIC: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators and Fading Empires, by Simon Winchester.
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That means coral reefs—our ocean's nursery, home to 25 percent of Earth's fish biodiversity—is under siege.
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In his home state of Hawaii, residents are watching as coral reefs bleach, beaches erode, and temperatures increase.
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Like the amazingly healthy Orbicella coral reefs I saw in the crystal-clear waters of the Bay of Pigs, Cuba, a few years ago, and the staghorn coral reefs within swimming distance of the beachfront hotels of Fort Lauderdale that are now threatened by an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project.
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"Measurements, especially documenting and taking pictures of coral reefs — you don't need a PhD to do that," McGillis said.
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Kids are watching as the coral reefs are bleached, houses are destroyed by floods, and fires burn the forests.
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Try Black Girl Sunscreen for a healthy summer glow — and help save our coral reefs while you're at it.
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"In many areas, people are causing declines in coral reefs because of pollution, overfishing, and habitat destruction," he said.
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"It's an ability to share coral reefs to allow people to travel different places and learn from different places."
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In the 1.5 degrees scenario, IPCC scientists forecast 70-20303 percent of the world's coral reefs would be lost.
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Popular destination The Seychelles is a popular tourist destination because of its pristine beaches, warm water and coral reefs.
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Supernova explosions could obliterate Earth's ozone layer, for instance, which would wreak havoc on marine plankton and coral reefs.
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"There've been quite a lot of attacks off beaches and off coral reefs where people are snorkeling," Webb said.
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World Premiere Chasing Coral / U.S.A. (Director: Jeff Orlowski) — Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate.
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Ocean acidification is making it more difficult for coral reefs to grow, a study shows for the first time.
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While today's study proves the impact of our carbon emissions on coral reefs, it points to no easy solutions.
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Located on Costa Rica's central Pacific coast, it is encompassed by rugged rainforest, white-sand beaches and coral reefs.
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The harmful ingredients -- oxybenzone and octinoxate -- are found in most sunscreens and have been linked to damaging coral reefs.
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Oostpunt, Curaçao (CNN)The island nation of Curaçao is home to some of the Caribbean's last thriving coral reefs.
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A massive marine heat wave is developing in the Pacific Ocean and is already threatening coral reefs near Hawaii.
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Key West city officials voted Tuesday to ban sunscreens containing two chemicals that are deemed harmful to coral reefs.
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The mirrors flicker with reflections of a warming, acidic ocean that has been devastating coral reefs around the world.
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Lens A somber lecture on the future of coral reefs changed the future of Alexis Rosenfeld and Alexie Valois.
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First, while sunscreens appear to be toxic to underwater ecosystems, they're far from the only threat to coral reefs.
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We're giving up on the world's coral reefs, and with them the hundreds of species that rely on them.
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But natural infrastructure — marshes, barrier islands, mangrove forests, coral reefs and oyster reefs — can cost-effectively reduce storm damage.
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But environmental groups said the changes will make it harder to protect polar bears, coral reefs and other species.
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Wide beaches are crisscrossed by hermit crabs in extravagant shells, and vibrant coral reefs are visible through pristine waters.
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Coral reefs also protect shorelines and infrastructure -- meaning their death could threaten the safety and sustainability of coastal societies.
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Experts say there are a number of actions everyone should take to safeguard coral reefs and create healthy oceans.
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We lived in our bathing suits and snorkeled with the millions of fish that swam among the coral reefs.
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Snapshot: Above, coral reefs around Hawaii, where a new "super unusual" marine heat wave is leading to mass bleaching.
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Coral reefs develop over thousands of years and are vital to the survival and prosperity of countless marine species.
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Corsola's change coincides with a real life crisis — coral reefs around the world are dying because of climate change.
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Trilobites The larvae of fish that live in coral reefs are tiny, and they are not very good swimmers.
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"In terms of protecting ecosystems like coral reefs or rain forests, prevention is always better than cure," he added.
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Humans have long been complicit in the degradation of coral reefs through extensive land-use, pollution, and climate change.
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From waterfalls to winter scenes, coral reefs to blossoms, intricate worlds are artfully created inside the turtle's geometric shell.
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In the new study, the first to look at how this plastic affects the health of coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean, researchers estimated 4.43 billion of pieces of plastic are currently entangled in Asian-Pacific coral reefs, each one increasing the likelihood of corals becoming diseased from 24.4 percent to 289.1 percent.
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Under stress from increased water temperatures and pollution, coral reefs are threatened globally due to an ongoing coral bleaching event.
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But scientists say people like me must change or coral reefs all over the world -- not just here -- will disappear.
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"Our study shows that coral reefs are already shifting radically in response to unprecedented heatwaves," Hughes said in a statement.
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Many environmental factors, such as climate change, pollution, disease, and overfishing, have degraded almost 50% of our oceans' coral reefs.
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Coral reefs could die, for example, and the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet could dramatically increase global sea levels.
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Rising ocean temperatures have caused mass bleaching in coral reefs around the world, from the Caribbean to the South Pacific.
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Coral reefs are often thought of as the rain forests of the ocean, home to 25 percent of marine species.
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Among other impacts, coral reefs, vulnerable to a bleaching from global warming, were set to suffer ever more, it said.
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With the right technology, coral reefs — among the most affected victims of climate change — can be saved, Nexus Media reports.
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"With the proper accounting, the math generally favors paying to protect the coral reefs and other coastal ecosystems," Kim said.
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Three-quarters of coral reefs in Australian waters are in MPAs, but only 16% of those within the coral triangle.
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Viewers can kayak through fjords, get up close with lava, deep sea dive around coral reefs, and explore dank caves.
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Bleaching occurs when excessive heat and sunlight cause the algae that give coral reefs their shimmering colors to create toxins.
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They'll cover coral reefs, plastic pollution, fishing, and the conservation programs that are already making huge changes here in NYC.
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And this year, the festival will donate its proceeds to Restore Coral in order to preserve the Caribbean coral reefs.
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But Beijing scorned the decision and continued building artificial islands on isolated outcroppings, while dredging and destroying natural coral reefs.
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No wonder the coral reefs are dying -- also at a rate that is much more rapid than anyone previously thought.
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The report also found that most of the world's warm-water coral reefs are in danger of deadly bleaching events.
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Coral reefs are in troubleThe planet's oceans absorb 93% of the extra heat that greenhouse gases trap in the atmosphere.
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With coral reefs as with land-based ecosystems, Hughes says conservations have to embrace the fact that change is inevitable.
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"Almost a billion people around the world rely on coral reefs as their main source of food protein," Eakin said.
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Environmental concerns about coral reefs may soon create difficulties for jewelers, however, especially for those who trade corallium rubrum internationally.
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We have a very real opportunity to not only save, but even restore our coral reefs before it's too late.
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The acidification that accompanies ocean warming also degrades coral reefs and other environments that serve as nurseries for juvenile fish.
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And it is not just wetlands — coral reefs are likely to prove to be our greatest natural defense of all.
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Where to stay and what to see on this vibrant isle ringed with golden-sand beaches and pristine coral reefs.
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According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, coral reefs are also incredibly vulnerable to overfishing and coral harvesting as well.
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The consequences may be a transformed planet with rising waters and hotter weather, dying coral reefs and more acidic oceans.
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But a few years ago they realized their scientific methods had advanced far enough to be applied to coral reefs.
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Seaweed, coral reefs and shellfish store huge amounts of carbon, balance the ocean's chemistry and defend shorelines from severe weather.
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" Losing pieces like coral reefs or the polar ice cap, she said, "will ultimately wipe us out as a species.
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If, for instance, global average temperatures rise a mere 22013°C above pre-industrial levels, we start losing coral reefs.
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By catastrophic, we're talking changes that would essentially wipe out coral reefs and inundate a majority of the world's coastlines.
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Acidification will also doom, perhaps by midcentury, the already ailing coral reefs that host 25 percent of the ocean's biodiversity.
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Coral reefs are often considered "rainforests of the sea" because of the diverse array of creatures that live in them.
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The frequency of marine heat waves — which can kill fish, seabirds, coral reefs and seagrasses — has doubled since the 1980s.
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If they become routine, many of the world's hard-hit coral reefs may never be able to re-establish themselves.
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An earlier version of this article incorrectly rendered the name of an academic institution that monitors coral reefs in Bonaire.
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Coral reefs unable to tolerate warmer waters made 30 percent more acidic by excess carbon dioxide are experiencing widespread bleaching.
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China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial to global trade.
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Image: Claire GoiranSea snakes are a striking sight on the sun-dappled Pacific and Indian Ocean coral reefs they call home.
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According to NPR, some 14,000 tons of sunscreen lotions washed off of swimmers are estimated to end up in coral reefs.
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Instead, increased ocean temperature as a result of global warming is the major reason coral reefs are dying around the world.
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Kim Cobb traveled to the Kiritimati coral reefs in the spring of 2016 and found, to her horror, an underwater graveyard.
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For example, scientists projected 1.5 degrees of warming would lead to a decline in coral reefs by between 70% and 90%.
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But 265 degrees of warming would mean essentially all coral reefs disappear, and sea levels would rise nearly a foot more.
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In fact, one of the most common ingredients on sunscreen labels is seriously jeopardizing the health of the world's coral reefs.
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Environmentalists say effluent from the plant will pollute the sea, killing marine life, coral reefs and mangroves that locals depend on.
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Photo by Scripps Institution of OceanographyThis year's monster El Niño is truly a monster—it's been blamed for killing coral reefs.
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These areas area have been set aside to protect extensive coral reefs, deepwater reefs, hydrothermal vent communities, and even archaeological relics.
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They estimated that over 11 billion plastic items — from Q-tips to bags — are found on coral reefs in the area.
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The life of this tiny creature represents a biological process that helps produce geological fact in the form of coral reefs.
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Explore city life in Bogota and colonial architecture, coral reefs in coastal Cartagena and El Efe Cafetero in the coffee region.
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And unfortunately the sunscreen you're slathering on your body might contain two common chemicals, oxybenzone and octinoxate, that kill coral reefs.
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NASA this year began flying an instrument-laden jet to map global coral reefs as a means of monitoring their health.
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It may be too late to save the world's coral reefs, but the same is not true for our children's brains.
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Right now, plants and animals found in coral reefs are being used to develop treatments for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's.
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The increasing acidification of the world's waters is killing coral reefs, something scientific studies have warned threatens entire oceanic food chains.
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David Ige on Tuesday signed the first bill in the country that will ban sunscreens containing chemicals harmful to coral reefs.
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Why bother having yearly meetings on climate change if the devastating consequences on the coral reefs are swept under the rug?
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The newborn swimmers were a diverse bunch, with species hailing from coral reefs, the open ocean and even the deep sea.
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While some may recognize that wetlands aid in flood reduction, most people do not recognize the role that coral reefs play.
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China recently suspended all commercial land reclamation projects because of the harm they were inflicting on coral reefs and coastal ecosystems.
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There, in a vast and vibrant cradle of coral reefs, they settled and steadily diversified over tens of millions of years.
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Consider coral reefs, which are central to the Global Deal for Nature because they store carbon and are hotspots for biodiversity.
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And that means damage to wetlands that purify drinking water, coral reefs that sustain fisheries and plants that medicines come from.
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The system is made up of a series of coral reefs, cays and islands, many of which are covered with mangroves.
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Coral reefs will also be drastically affected, with between 1.53 and 90% expected to die off, including Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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Meanwhile, record warm oceans are sickening coral reefs from Australia to Florida, in some cases permanently killing these biodiversity hot spots.
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Plastic can entangle or be ingested by fish, birds and marine mammals, and can damage marine ecosystems such as coral reefs.
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Coral reefs cover less than 1% of Earth's surface, but they provide a home for over 25% of all marine life.
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At stops along the way, we put on snorkeling masks, jumped in and drifted with the current over dense coral reefs.
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The scientists were inspecting coral reefs for infections with bacteria and fungi; some reefs are increasingly falling prey to these diseases.
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A surprise rescue of Jamaica's coral reefs shows that nature can heal, thanks to some ingenuity and one constant underwater gardner.
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Adi is one of Indonesia's top experts in coastal ecosystems: He studies the exquisite interconnections between mangroves, seagrass, and coral reefs.
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Dogtooth tuna are aggressive, powerful predators that hunt in the areas where coral reefs plunge into the depths of the ocean.
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Coral reefs also face grave danger from global warming, but the bill's supporters argue that sunscreen is easily controlled by individuals.
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In theory, coral reefs can recover from a severe bleaching event, says Mark Eakin, who runs NOAA's Coral Reef Watch program.
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Ecosystems that are particularly sensitive to warmer temperatures, such as coral reefs, could be virtually wiped out worldwide over the coming decades.
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The world has lost over half of its coral reefs in the past 30 years due to climate change, overfishing and pollution.
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Mr Orlowski, whose "Chasing Ice" from 2012 documented receding glaciers, follows up to show the threat to coral reefs from warming oceans.
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In Southeast Asia 90 percent of coral reefs will be severely degraded by 2050 under the most conservative of climate change scenarios.
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Think melting polar ice caps, rising sea levels and extensive flooding, killer heat waves, bleached coral reefs, food shortages, and deadly diseases.
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Coral reefs will disappear; low-lying islands will be swallowed by water; humans will face serious and prolonged food and water shortages.
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What is the name of the "largest living thing on Earth," which is actually a massive ecosystem of islands and coral reefs?
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That story notes that other water willies can harm coral reefs or ward native fish off with a molecule they shoot out.
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Coral reefs are extremely temperature-sensitive, and when the water gets a bit too toasty, they expel their symbiotic algae, called zooxanthellae.
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It happens when heat-stressed polyps, the sessile animals that construct coral reefs, eject the photosynthetic algae which usually reside within them.
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This is something that could be under threat in the Great Barrier Reef due to the current mass bleaching of coral reefs.
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Plenty of pristine beaches, coral reefs and nearby UNESCO World Heritage Sites will likely keep the visitors coming for years to come.
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Renema and his team found that staghorn and likely other types of coral reefs are now victims of their own past successes.
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At 1.5 C of warming, up to 90 percent of coral reefs may vanish, while at 20173 C they could disappear entirely.
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Among effects, extra warmth can reduce oxygen in the oceans and damages coral reefs that are nurseries for fish, the scientists said.
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Tropical fish and coral reefs that fare better in warmer water will take over the old kelp forest locations, New Scientist reports.
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Inside, children can learn about coral reefs and play a reef matching game, build simple binoculars and imitate tagging and tracking sharks.
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Hawaii lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that prohibits the sale of sunscreens believed to be harmful to ocean ecosystems, including coral reefs.
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These plastics will not only kill more animals; they'll decimate coral reefs, and damage human health as microplastics enter the food chain.
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Thailand's National Parks and Wildlife Department made the decision on Wednesday to allow the island's coral reefs and sea life to recover.
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But ultimately, Hughes and his colleagues conclude, we need to get the climate under control to give coral reefs a fighting chance.
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Visit Biscayne or Dry Tortugas National Parks in South Florida and go snorkeling at any of the popular shallow-water coral reefs.
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Studies have shown that the rigs are one of the richest ecosystems on the planet—more so than coral reefs or estuaries.
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Currently, 40% of the planet's amphibians, 25% of its mammals, 14% of its birds, and 33% of its coral reefs are threatened.
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This creates critical incentives for restoring and conserving marshes, mangroves, coral reefs and other coastal habitats by individuals, towns, cities and states.
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Hawaii is the first state to ban the sale of chemical sunscreens, which can be toxic to coral reefs and marine life.
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The study provides a measure of hope that coral reefs may be able to survive as oceans warm over the coming decades.
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The loss of mangrove forests and coral reefs along coasts could expose up to 21 million people to increased risk of flooding.
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But if the stresses caused by human activity can be stopped, Dr. Alino explained, coral reefs have a better chance of surviving.
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Climate change is rapidly warming the world's oceans, killing off aquatic organisms — like coral reefs and kelp forests — that anchor entire ecosystems.
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" Jörg Wiedenmann, professor of biological oceanography at the University of Southampton, told VICE News: "Coral reefs are very sensitive to environmental change.
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"We lived in our bathing suits and snorkeled with the millions of fish that swam among the coral reefs," the letter said.
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The fossil record nearly goes silent and remains startlingly impoverished for millions of years: trees disappear, bacteria replace coral reefs, insects hush.
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Red Lobster is a major purchaser of Caribbean spiny lobster, a species that lives in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean.
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Scientists are finding innovative ways to save coral reefs, but experts say we can all help by changing a few bad habits.
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When we're in Belize monitoring the health of coral reefs, about half the nights we sleep under the stars on a dock.
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Incredibly, 94 percent of this extra heat is going into the oceans, and it's not just coral reefs that are being affected.
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New research reveals the dire threat that climate change poses to coral reefs, one of the most important ecosystems in the world.
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A team of scientists reported on Thursday that seagrasses can purge pathogens from the ocean that threaten humans and coral reefs alike.
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During Hurricane Wilma and other storms, coral reefs reduced more than 97 percent of the wave energy that would otherwise impact coastlines.
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Ailing coral reefs, on the other hand, become "ghostly quiet" as the various creatures that make up their ecosystems perish or depart.
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They are also important to the economy in Hawaii, as vibrant coral reefs are a huge tourist attraction for divers and snorkelers.
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And these are places where coastal nations often have no other protein in the diet other than the fish from coral reefs.
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Once-colorful coral reefs on Christmas Island in Australia became "bleached" and died due to increased water temperatures between 2015 and 2016.
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He said the country was vulnerable to climate change, such as water shortages, damage to coral reefs, sea level rise and desertification.
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In 2014, a similar and more powerful heat wave nicknamed "The Blob" destroyed coral reefs and disrupted fisheries in California and Hawaii.
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Besides polluting seawater, the incident also damaged mangrove forests, coral reefs and seagrass fields in East Nusa Tenggara province, the ministry said.
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After that, I paid more attention to headlines about dying coral reefs and I assumed I'd never see a live reef again.
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He argues that we'd likely need to keep total global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius for coral reefs to continue thriving.
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This decision followed the discovery of an array of untouched coral reefs 150 miles off the coast of New England in 2014.
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Besides deaths caused by respiratory diseases from burning fossil fuels, global warming is harming coral reefs and fish supplies, causing hunger and poverty.
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Going beyond 1.5 degrees of warming means the virtual disappearance of the world's coral reefs within the lifetime of most people alive today.
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But bleaching is really bad for coral reefs, because the algae are essentially its farms, providing about 22002 percent of the coral's energy.
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It is made without oxybenzone, which is the chemical in sun cream that has been linked to the decline of our coral reefs.
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The 5-mile Malecon was built atop coral reefs and mangrove forests that once provided a buffer between the sea and inland areas.
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Plus, as NOAA notes, certain coral reefs, including reefs in Hawaii and the Caribbean, continue to be at risk for bleaching this summer.
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Understanding how corals are distributed within a reef — why certain corals are grouped together and some aren't — is key to protecting coral reefs.
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Image: Chris LangdonAs if the oceans needed more terrible news, scientists have learned that the coral reefs surrounding the Florida Keys are dissolving.
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A study published Thursday in Science estimates that roughly 11.1 billion pieces of pathogen-carrying plastic are affecting coral reefs in the Pacific.
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MIT CSAIL just revealed footage of SoFi, the lab's robotic fish, which looks right at home swimming amongst the coral reefs of Fiji.
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This is produced by fish stocks, coral reefs, mangroves and other marine and coastal assets that have an economic value exceeding $24 trillion.
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Coral reefs can help absorb energy from waves generated by hurricanes, storm surges and tsunamis, protecting the coastal communities and beaches behind them.
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The Caribbean islands, located near Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, are known for their coral reefs, tropical climate, beaches, and luxury resorts.
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In addition to swimming and showing off their gear, these volunteers will explain the importance of saving coral reefs, a vital ocean habitat.
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Giant clams are native to coral reefs of the Pacific and Indian oceans and can live up to 100 years in the wild.
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Coral reefs are critical to South Florida because they help lessen the damage from hurricanes, are important to marine biodiversity and lure tourists.
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Fight climate change Ultimately, one of the biggest things that can be done to keep coral reefs healthy is to tackle climate change.
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State lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday banning sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate, chemicals believed to cause harm to marine life and coral reefs.
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Coral reefs absorb nearly all of a wave's energy, protecting coasts from storms, and provide habitat for one-quarter of all marine life.
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Coral reefs would decline by a still unsustainable 70 percent to 90 percent instead of being virtually wiped out under the higher increase.
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Seafloor dredging creates the undersea equivalent of choking sandstorms, killing organisms, destroying coral reefs and other habitats, and altering patterns of water circulation.
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But Dr. Ruth Gates is a glass-half-full kind of person, which is why she's devoted to studying and protecting coral reefs.
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She says that there's no doubt that we are seeing the effects of human-induced climate change, which is destroying the coral reefs.
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Instead, they resemble nanoscale coral reefs or limestone formations: complex, calcium-rich rocks with strata that accumulate and dissolve over time, researchers found.
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But perhaps the biggest surprise was the significant loss of what biologists call foundational species, like coral reefs, sea grasses and kelp forests.
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Kendra Pierre-Louis reports on new research that finds coral reefs may be more resilient to global warming and bleaching than we think.
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Coral reefs would decline by a still unsustainable 70 percent to 90 percent instead of being virtually wiped out under the higher target.
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Despite covering less than a thousandth of the ocean floor, coral reefs are home to more than a quarter of marine fish species.
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Rising temperatures around the globe are bleaching and killing the coral reefs and the sea anemones with which clownfish share a symbiotic relationship.
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And on the plane, Hawaiian is airing an in-flight video to educate visitors on the impact of sunscreen on Hawaii's coral reefs.
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Coral reefs are among the many victims-in-the-making of climate change, but new research offers an ingenious approach for healing them.
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Less than 30 percent of the country's coral reefs are in good condition, according to the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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That would include restoring and better managing coastal areas, and harnessing natural resources such as mangroves and coral reefs to protect vulnerable islands.
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It has a crescent-shape bay with coral reefs and a broad expanse of calm, waist-deep water ideal for snorkeling and swimming.
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They're home to carbon-absorbing seagrass beds, mangrove forests, and coral reefs – some our best lines of defense against climate change when healthy.
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Coral reefs seem to be having a bad century, with global bleaching events and the Great Barrier Reef fading away before our eyes.
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And so, you know, maybe if you wait millions of years, some evolutionary path can build coral reefs in that ocean that you've got.
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Some of the consequences the globe would face in 21 years include food shortages, extreme poverty, wildfires, droughts, and the death of coral reefs.
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Raja Ampat is frequently included on lists of the the world's most beautiful coral reefs and is often described as an "untouched" beach paradise.
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Cruise ships themselves are a source of dangerous pollutants that threat coral reefs -- especially in Southeast Asia, according to the industry website Marine Insight.
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Deep-water coral reefs may not offer protection to corals being degraded by heatwaves at the surface of the ocean, according to new research.
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The most recent global spate of bleaching, in 2014-17, affected perhaps 70% of coral reefs, according to America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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By 2050, the rocklike coral structures that make up coral reefs will likely still be there even if most of the corals are dead.
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Ocean acidification will dissolve coral reefs and the world can expect dramatically more powerful and more damaging storms and more severe droughts and heatwaves.
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Image: Wikimedia CommonsClimate change is bad—it's causing sea levels to rise, it's exacerbating heat waves, it's damaging coral reefs, the list goes on.
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The five-night Mayan Sol itinerary heads to Costa Maya, Mexico, where sailors can disembark to explore ancient ruins and dive at coral reefs.
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This year, Google is celebrating Earth Day with five different Google Doodles illustrating the planet's major biomes: tundra, forest, grasslands, desert, and coral reefs.
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Coral reefs limit shoreline erosion, reduce the destructive power of storms, and provide food and shelter for marine life that feeds millions of people.
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Coral reefs, diverse marine ecosystems formed from tiny organisms, have faced intensifying stress worldwide from rising ocean temperatures compounded by overfishing, pollution and tourism.
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The rate of depletion of Thailand's natural resources - including forests, mangroves and coral reefs - has sped up in the last decade, the report showed.
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Doing this will lead coral reefs out of recession and give them and the half-billion people that depend on them a fighting chance.
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Coral reefs, seen as the offshore areas of green and yellow (centre and upper centre) expel their chlorophyll-containing algae when sea temperatures rise.
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Cane Garden Bay's beaches - whose white sands depend on healthy coral reefs - have lost some 24 feet in width since 1953, Gore's research found.
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Studies of the procreative dance are considered vital for helping save beleaguered coral reefs around the globe, including the Great Barrier Reef off Australia.
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The RangerBot — a low-cost, autonomous robot designed to help protect coral reefs — is making restoration and preservation of reefs easier and more efficient.
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By the end of last year, 753 percent of the planet's coral reefs had been exposed to thermal stress; today, we're pushing 40 percent.
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Coral reefs are vital members of marine ecosystems that protect beaches from erosion and support biodiversity, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The Trump administration may believe growing concern over North Korea's missile program can excuse anything, including paving over coral reefs to build this base.
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The islands of the national park are also home to mangroves and coral reefs, which are especially vulnerable to ocean acidification and rising temperatures.
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It's no secret that coral reefs are in bad shape, nor that pollution, overfishing, development, and rising temperatures—in short, humans—are to blame.
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For coral reefs—and other biodiverse marine environments—the usual approach is to give ecologically sensitive areas special status under local or regional laws.
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"There may be coral reefs that we loved that we visited as children, that our grandchildren may not be able to see," Gill said.
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ScienceTake Coral reefs can extend more than 1,000 miles, but they are made by coral polyps as small as one sixteenth of an inch.
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It's called Our Changing Seas III and its the the third in a series of pieces celebrating the diversity and wonder of coral reefs.
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From coral reefs to kelp forests to sea grass beds, researchers found that these heat waves were destroying the framework of many ocean ecosystems.
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Instead, scientists set up experiments to address narrower, more focused questions, such as how coral reefs are affected by high levels of carbon dioxide.
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The alternative is catastrophe — mass die-offs of coral reefs, widespread drought, famine and wildfires, and potentially conflict over land, food and fresh water.
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UNESCO's World Heritage Committee last year called for global action on climate change to protect five large coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef.
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Trilobites Coral reefs are sprawling, intricate ecosystems that house an estimated 25 percent of all marine life and can sometimes be seen from space.
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Up to a third of all marine species everywhere depend on the coral reefs, meaning a reef extinction could cause ecological collapse, experts warn.
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Recent results show the world may lose nearly all coral reefs even if warming holds to just under 2 degrees Celsius, the Post reported.
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FRANKFURT — Climate change has already been blamed for deadly bush fires in Australia, withering coral reefs, rising sea levels and ever more cataclysmic storms.
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Made up of a chain of atolls, the Maldives is famous for its one-per-island resorts, translucent turquoise waters and pristine coral reefs.
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On May 1, Hawaii became the first state to pass a bill banning the sale of sunscreen containing chemicals believed to harm coral reefs.
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" All is not well, however, with the GBRMPA describing climate change as "the greatest threat to the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs worldwide.
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Coral reefs depend on a symbiotic relationship between the coral and algae that lives inside them; it's the basic building block of their existence.
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Scientists say we will lose 99 percent of the world's coral reefs if the planet warms by 2 degrees Celsius or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Coral reefs tend to get "stressed" by different elements which slow down their growth and make it harder for bleached coral to regenerate, he explained.
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In 2016, I ventured into the Spratlys to better understand the ecological cost of this conversion process and found a devastating impact on coral reefs.
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Conservationists have long argued that saving coral reefs in the South China Sea can be achieved by way of an international park agreement between nations.
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Every year that nothing is done, millions of tons of plastic flow into the oceans, where they are swallowed by wildlife and kill coral reefs.
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According to a recent study, coral reefs annually protect more than 18,000 people in the US from flooding and provide infrastructure benefits worth $1.8 billion.
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As the world continues to heat up, these bleaching events will become more frequent and more severe, putting the future of coral reefs at risk.
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One highlight: snorkeling with sea lions in Gulf of California waters containing the oldest of three coral reefs on the west coast of North America.
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Prince Harry made a surprise appearance alongside his father on Wednesday as Prince Charles spoke out to highlight an important environmental cause: saving coral reefs.
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Scientists now consider bleaching to be the biggest threat that coral reefs face — and they face many, including overfishing, pollution, storm damage, and invasive species.
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"More of these sorts of non-coral reefs have been discovered in recent years," Fabiano Thompson, an oceanographer at the University of Brazil, told Gizmodo.
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"At 2 degrees Celsius," Eakin said bluntly, "we are likely to lose numerous species of coral and well over half of the world's coral reefs."
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But the invasion's consequences ripple even farther across the ecosystem, into places you'd never expect—including all the way into the islands' surrounding coral reefs.
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Acidification is already affecting coral reefs, and while this effect has been proven in labs, Cobb notes that it's critical to study in wild environments.
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Coral reefs in shallow waters are among the ecosystems most threatened by climate change and are a key barometer of global warming impacts, scientists say.
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Last year while checking out coral reefs and sharks in the Solomon Islands, marine biologist David Gruber stumbled upon something bizarre: a "glowing" sea turtle.
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The spectacle, named Crochet Coral Reefs: TOXIC SEAS, is the passion project started in 2005 by Margaret and Christine Wertheim, twin sisters and artistic partners.
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The Great Barrier Reef is home to the world's largest collection of coral reefs, with about 3.73 types of coral and 1,500 species of fish.
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The new design is "ghost" type, its empty white shell seems to be a reference to the coral bleaching that is threatening coral reefs worldwide.
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Scientific research has shown that the persistent threat of ocean warming jeopardizes the survival of coral reefs, and alters food webs, fisheries and larger ecosystems.
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Damage to various ecosystems will carry extreme costs, from $265 billion in damage to freshwater fish stocks to $4.10 billion in losses on coral reefs.
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It's against the law to mistreat any marine life in the bay, and visitors are not allowed to touch or walk on the coral reefs.
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But emissions are not on track to stay below the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold, and coral reefs could perish if the planet continues to warm.
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And despite extensive coral reefs, no one rents scuba gear, unless you book far enough in advance for it to be brought from the mainland.
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Another one shows the increase of coral bleaching, which is when coral reefs turn white due to warmer water temperatures and become susceptible to disease.
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Coral reefs are vast colonies of hard coral, a type of coral that extracts calcium carbonate from seawater to construct a limestone structure for protection.
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But there was also a bit of good news: Coral reefs, which have been harmed by warming oceans, have become more resilient to extreme warmth.
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In addition to giving coral reefs their bright colors, zooxanthella also provide corals with oxygen, waste filtration, and up to 90 percent of their energy.
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At least two such potentially protective bacteria have been isolated from Theonella swinhoei, a sponge found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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We're also coming to understand that climate change may wreak havoc, changing ocean currents, killing coral reefs and nurturing feedback loops that accelerate the warming.
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They've cried over nature documentaries about the destruction of the coral reefs and sought out coverage of 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
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Objects for the interiors of the 12 bungalows across the resort and their facades will be 3D printed, along with coral reefs and marine habitats.
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The potential losses include medicinal plants and insects vital for pollinating food crops, as well as the destruction of coral reefs that support fish populations.
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As the oceans get hotter, so-called "marine heatwaves" are becoming more intense, turning coral reefs boneyard white -- including much of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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This filter-feeding sponge lives on coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, straining tiny plankton to eat as it sits in the water.
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The survival of the essential building blocks of ocean health, like coral reefs, depends on limiting global heating to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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Just over 70% of them opposed plans to relocate Futenma Air Station from a densely populated area to a remote location with endangered coral reefs.
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The increased water temperatures cause the coral reefs to become "bleached," researchers explained to the CBC, meaning the reefs are sick and lose their color.
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There is really only one way to save coral reefs, and by extension the oceans and the world, and that is to fight climate change.
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Storms are intensifying as the ocean warms, sea levels rise, and natural barriers that shelter coasts like coral reefs and mangroves die and are destroyed.
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As the oceans get hotter, so-called "marine heatwaves" are becoming more intense, turning coral reefs boneyard white — including much of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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These animals live on coral reefs in tropical and subtropical waters around the world, building tiny, tubular homes with their own secretions of calcium carbonate.
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The letter, which was forwarded to Mashable Australia, warns that coral reefs around the world are threatened with "complete collapse" in the face of climate change.
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When you think about it, our island paradise, surrounded by coral reefs, is the perfect place to set the gold standard for the world to follow.
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Even though most world leaders have backed the Paris Agreement to tackle climate change, damage to coral reefs, glaciers and forests is still occurring, he added.
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The planet's shallow water coral reefs are now down to about half their original extent and 30% to 50% of the world's mangroves are already gone.
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With physical evidence of coral reefs dying worldwide and record warm temperatures, she said scientists have to defend and share their work before it's too late.
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Far-reaching effects Despite the mounting controversies about what is weakening Florida's coral reefs, scientists warn the consequences of letting the trend continue could be staggering.
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But they could fairly precisely focus on objects that are purer colors, like yellow or blue, which are common on coral reefs and rocks and algae.
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For nearly three years, coral reefs—which grow mainly in warm, tropical waters near the equator—have suffered a mass bleaching event due to excessive heat.
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Image: Victor Huertas and David BellwoodTubelip wrasses live on coral reefs stretching from the eastern coast of Africa to far-flung atolls in the South Pacific.
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All the chemical and physical cleverness that life is capable of, from dandelion seeds to coral reefs, jellyfish to brains, is there because proteins did stuff.
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The Gore film is the centerpiece of Sundance's first-ever 'New Climate' segment showcasing films and hosting discussions about issues ranging from water to coral reefs.
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Human dependence on coral reefs is far-reaching: One billion people rely on reefs for food or fishing income, per the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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In 2016, the Maldives had an El Niño event that raised ocean temperatures so high that about 60 percent of the surrounding coral reefs were damaged.
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It also has a dangerous appetite — feasting on grazers that keep algae from growing on coral reefs and at least 50 ecologically and economically important species.
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Large parts of the Florida Keys are simply ancient coral reefs that grew during the period of high seas, and were exposed when the levels fell.
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Rocha, who's been diving since 1986, is no stranger to sights of dead coral reefs, with their bleached, pearly skeletons devoid of fish and marine life.
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Climate change is also acidifying the oceans and destroying coral reefs, and this is contributing to the destruction of fish populations, beyond the effects of overfishing.
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"They are more productive than coral reefs, more productive than estuaries," said Milton Love, a professor of marine biology at the University of California Santa Barbara.
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Why it matters: Hundreds of millions of people around the world rely on coral reefs — for food, income from tourism and protection from tsunamis and storms.
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Although melting ice caps and bleached coral reefs are important climate issues, they're far removed from what I may experience on a day-to-day basis.
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Much of the monument is made up of pelagic and deepwater habitats, with notable features such as seamounts and submerged banks, extensive coral reefs and lagoons.
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Surrounded by pristine beaches, lagoons and coral reefs, the islanders have for decades battled a shortage of clean water - a challenge facing many island inhabitants globally.
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Without a drastic course correction, we will face deadly heat waves, rampant wildfires, food insecurity, water shortages, violent storms, rising sea levels and disappearing coral reefs.
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This action was extolled for providing critical protection for coral reefs, but in reality the reefs had been safe since President Bush designated the original area.
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They still look beautiful, but coral reefs are dying at staggering rates — experts project that 90 percent of the world's reefs will be gone by 2050.
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Inside, families like us breathed purified air while moving from exhibit to exhibit, observing pristine coral reefs behind glass or endangered penguins being fed in tanks.
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He and his colleagues have just analyzed some of the first of these 3D photomosaics in a study published last month in the journal, Coral Reefs.
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In a 1.5 degree scenario, the percentage of the world's coral reefs at risk hits 90 percent in 2050 but declines to 33 percent in 2100.
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The biosphere tipping points involve the devastation of boreal forests, the Amazon rainforest, warm-water coral reefs, and the thawing of frozen soil known as permafrost.
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Roughly one-quarter of coral reefs worldwide are already considered damaged beyond repair, with another two-thirds under serious threat, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
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Observed impacts of carbon pollution – from coastal flooding to disappearing polar ice to dying coral reefs – are more pronounced than 16 (or even four) years ago.
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Comics Designed for Learning The publisher First Second has a wonderful line of Science Comics with topics that include coral reefs, the brain, dogs and rockets.
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The closure from June 1 is a bid to salvage the area's coral reefs, which have been damaged by warmer temperatures and growing numbers of tourists.
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Some structures were destroyed during the decade due to natural forces, such as Malta&aposs Azure Window arch and coral reefs on Christmas Island in Australia.
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A rise of 2C is expected to wipe out more than 99 percent of coral reefs and melt most of the sea ice in the Arctic.
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This unique environment, marine biologists believe, could provide a living laboratory to help endangered coral reefs around the world survive in the face of global warming.
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If we stopped heating the oceans, parts of the great reef off Australia's north coast and other spectacular coral reefs around the world could still recover.
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Trilobites It's a small fish, only a couple of inches long, and its bright colors make it pop in the Pacific coral reefs it calls home.
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LANCASTER, England (Reuters) - Coral reefs, the delicate marine environments threatened by global warming, are also suffering huge damage from rats, a new scientific study has found.
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Related: Why Science Illustration Still Needs a Human Touch [Video] Coral City | Atlantis for South Florida's Fluorescent Sea Creatures Meet the Artist Making Glass Coral Reefs
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" In addition, Pandolfi points out that "even though coral reefs only make up 0.25% of the area of the world's oceans, they comprise 25% of its biodiversity.
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Alongside husband Ben Falcone and writer/actor Jim Rash, McCarthy played a stubborn senator who could simply not be convinced that coral reefs were in danger. 8.
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These colors fit in perfectly with Pantone's 2019 color of the year, Living Coral, and bring heightened awareness to climate change's potential devastation of our coral reefs.
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This sunscreen is made with organic jojoba oil and aloe to nourish and soothe skin while non-nano zinc oxide offers SPF protection without harming coral reefs.
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Azure waters From the air, we could see the coral reefs and atolls that speckle the azure waters of the South China Sea in the Spratly archipelago.
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Hawaii is set to become the first state in the US to ban the sale of sunscreen chemicals that are toxic to coral reefs and marine life.
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Image: XL Catlin Seaview SurveyThe National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration has just released an update on the state of the Earth's coral reefs, and it's bleak as hell.
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This week, scientists are convening at the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium in Honolulu to discuss the latest research on our planet's increasingly desperate-looking coral reefs.
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Recently, marine biologists have also been raising their voices, reminding the public that coral reefs around the world will experience catastrophic collapse if we exceed this threshold.
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As this latest bleaching event showed, coral reefs, which support roughly 25 percent of all marine species, are incredibly sensitive to even small changes in the temperature.
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A site of vivid beauty, the Great Barrier Reef is one of our planet's natural wonders and home to the largest collection of coral reefs on earth.
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Recent attribution studies have found that climate change played a major role in everything from violent avalanches in Tibet to the bleaching of coral reefs in Australia.
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"The extent of fish endemism on these deep coral reefs, particularly in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, is astonishing," study co-author Randall Kosaki said in a statement.
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The robot was designed to study coral reefs in the Red Sea, where conventional autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are at risk of damaging the delicate seafloor structures.
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Amid all this darkness, there seem to be some "bright spots," they say, where there are actually more fish thriving on the coral reefs than was expected.
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The Red Sea Project, to be built between the cities of Amlaj and al-Jawh, will offer a nature reserve, diving in coral reefs and heritage sites.
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The legislature focuses on the environmental impacts of two chemicals found in some sunscreens, oxybenzone and octinoxate, and their effect on Hawaii's marine ecosystems — including coral reefs.
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Considered "the rainforest of the sea," Papahānaumokuākea is home to ancient coral reefs, 93,000 species of animals, and is also a sacred cultural site for Native Hawaiians.
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Both Hawaii and Key West, Florida, are trying to ban sunscreens containing certain ingredients, citing evidence that they might be contributing to the destruction of coral reefs.
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David Ige (D) on Tuesday signed into law a bill that bans the sale of sunscreens that contain chemicals harmful to coral reefs and other ocean life.
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The coral reefs that support diverse fish life off the Florida Keys are already declining and could be lost in the coming decades due to higher temperatures.
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The consequences of coral devastation extend beyond the coral itself, since the variety of life found in coral reefs is similar to that of the Amazon rainforest.
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The Aichi targets, agreed in 2010 under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, seek to reduce "anthropogenic pressures" on coral reefs to "maintain their integrity and function".
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The country plans to channel the money into measures like protecting coral reefs that shield the island from storm surges but are vulnerable to rising ocean temperatures.
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Over the past three years, one-fifth of the world's coral reefs have died off — and there is a growing awareness that sunscreen is playing a role.
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In recent years, vacation destinations like Hawaii, Palau and Key West have started to ban sunscreens with many organic ingredients because they may be damaging coral reefs.
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Coral reefs are constantly undergoing change, and they follow a cycle of death and renewal, said Hugh Sweatman, a scientist from the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Large ecosystems such as the Amazon rainforest and coral reefs could collapse faster than scientists had previously assumed, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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Science will tell you that the Dolomites look as striking as they do because 26 million years ago they were once coral reefs under an ancient sea.
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Increasingly common marine heatwaves have decimated the coral reefs as well as kelp forests around the world — destroying key habitats for countless fish, crustaceans and other species.
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Oil rigs have been established in contested waters, while artificial "islands" constructed from coral reefs are serving as military bases just miles from the Southeast Asian coastline.
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Scientists had long known that bacteria ran sugar recycling centers on coral reefs, but the sponges provided another way for that matter to enter the food chain.
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" Bird's Head was recently named a "bright spot" for coral reefs in a new study from the journal Nature, meaning the ecosystem is "substantially better than expected.
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Decades ago they warned that with global warming, coral reefs would not be able to survive natural temperature spikes, like the one brought on by El Niño.
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Key West, the sunny city at the southernmost tip of Florida, voted this week to ban the sale of sunscreen containing chemicals believed to harm coral reefs.
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As the oceans get hotter, what are known as "marine heatwaves" are becoming more intense, turning coral reefs boneyard white -- including much of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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" She shares, "My second series of Sanctuary Fish came about as I began to read about the widespread bleaching of coral reefs due to rising ocean temperatures.
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This is What a Mass Die-off of Earth&aposs Coral Reefs Looks LikeEarlier this week, we learned that Earth's coral reefs are in the midst of a massive dieoff,…Read more ReadLangdon is currently involved with an effort to identify genetic variants of coral that are more resistant to acidification, with the hope that we can breed strains that'll fare better in the harsher world we're creating.
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Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on Earth, providing shelter and sustenance to everything from algae, worms and snails to thousands of fish species and shellfish.
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Coral reefs are among the planet's most diverse ecosystems and offer shelter and sustenance to everything from algae, worms, and snails to thousands of fish species and shellfish.
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In May 2018, Hawaii lawmakers passed a bill banning the sale of over-the-counter sunscreens that contain oxybenzone and octinoxate, which are harming the island's coral reefs.
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The Hawaiian coral reefs you know—the brilliant blue waters and rainbow fishes and the occasional sea turtle—are just a facade.
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It is home to a huge variety of wild animals, as well as beaches, coastal forests, swamps and some of the best tropical coral reefs in the world.
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The sequel to the 2001 The Blue Planet takes viewers into a seven-episode tour of the world's oceans, from coral reefs to the bottom of the sea.
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Airports have become chaotic, hotels are being thrown up hastily with little regard for safety and sanitation, tropical beaches are strewn with garbage and coral reefs are dying.
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Instead, you'll find out that Australia happens to be remarkably bad when it comes to handling climate change and the bleaching of its World Heritage listed coral reefs.
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It turns out that giving people a hand in managing the resources they rely on, is likely one of the best ways we've got to support coral reefs.
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BREAKING: #IPCC report reveals most coral reefs will be lost in next 30 years, even if we limit #globalwarming to 1.5°C (the goal of the Paris Agreement).
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Water running into the sea without natural filtration carries sediments that can kill the bay's colorful coral reefs by blocking sunlight or infecting them with diseases and fungi.
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THE giant clams that lurk in the coral reefs of the South China Sea can live for more than a century and grow more than a metre wide.
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That information was the first piece of the puzzle towards being able to "reforest" coral reefs: pick species that can survive the extreme conditions of our changing oceans.
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Aside from multi-colored coral reefs, the pink sunset on the Heron Island, a coral cay along the Southern Great Barrier Reef, is also a sight to behold.
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Other impacts from the warmer oceans include bleaching and death of coral reefs, which have been significant in recent years in the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia.
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SCIENCE TIMES An article on Tuesday about rebounding coral reefs in the secluded Phoenix Islands misstated, in some copies, the affiliation of a scientist involved in the research.
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"Warming waters, acidification, plastic pollution, methane release, drilling, overfishing, and the destruction of marine ecosystems like coral reefs are pushing our oceans to the very brink," DiCaprio said.
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This traps the heat of the sun, causing a global climate disruption, and warms the seas, killing vibrant tropical coral reefs and spawning bigger, fiercer "superstorms" at sea.
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In New York City, it's often easy to think that ocean conservation is an issue for someplace else — tropical islands, coral reefs, the Gulf of Mexico, the Arctic.
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At 2 degrees, things are bad enough: Arctic sea ice is 10 times more likely to disappear over the summer, along with most of the world's coral reefs.
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Editorial Coral reefs are among the most remarkable achievements of nature, structures built in shallow water over long periods of time out of the skeletons of tiny polyps.
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From small islands facing a decline in tourism as coral reefs deteriorate to Germany seeing its famed forests die off, "we are talking about profound change", she noted.
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Glass-bottom boats and fishing charters swayed in shallow waters, waiting to take divers and snorkelers to the coral reefs and grottoes that make this Jamaica's dreamiest coast.
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The Aloha State has passed ambitious laws to curb environmental damage, including banning certain sunscreens that can harm coral reefs and committing to the Paris climate accord's goals.
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Vibrant underwater ecosystems such as coral reefs, kelp forests and seagrass meadows are all expected to suffer serious damage if global temperatures rise even modestly above today's levels.
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My contact lenses have been bothering me, and I don't want to be unable to see the fish hanging out in one of the last living coral reefs.
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But the federal budget to protect coral reefs has been largely unchanged for years, and that's left coral science in the "Middle Ages," said coral scientist William Precht.
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On the chopping block: protections for coral reefs and atolls in the Pacific, seamounts and canyons in the Atlantic, and feeding grounds for whales and sharks off California.
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Preserving ecosystems such as coral reefs can help reduce losses in coastal areas from floods, while well-conserved watersheds cut the cost of treating city water, it noted.
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Recognizing that many coral reefs are likely to perish as ocean temperatures climb in coming years, conservationists are turning to strategies that target the more resilient species for saving.
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Some 400km farther south, a cruise ship nosed between coral reefs into the main port of Ishigaki island and disgorged Taiwanese tourists in search of the local black pearls.
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The widespread degradation of coral reefs — which nurture creatures that provide critical food supplies for millions of people — is one of the clearest climate change-related impacts affecting humanity.
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Yes, but: One limitation of the new study, according to Frade, is that it does not indicate what ultimately happened to the deep coral reefs after the bleaching event.
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The monument will preserve 4,913 square miles of underwater canyons, coral reefs, extinct volcanos, and exotic wildlife that all lie deep below sea level off the coast of Massachusetts.
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"The other objectives were restoration of the island, conservation of biodiversity including the coral reefs, and enhancement of fishery production, thereby ensuring a sustained livelihood for fisherfolk," he said.
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Under the sea, the depleted coral reefs are also worse for wear, along with the underwater nurseries conservationists are growing in hopes of replenishing the Keys' once healthy reefs.
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The continuing die-off of the world's coral reefs is a depressing reminder of the reality of climate change, but it's also something we can actively push back on.
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In addition to the straw ban ban, Senate Bill 588 would also prohibit local governments from banning sunscreens that contain chemicals that have been shown to harm coral reefs.
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The Asia-Pacific region encompasses 55.5 percent of global coral reefs and 73 percent of the human population living within 50 kilometers, or about 31 miles, of the coast.
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Tourism to the Florida Reef rakes in over $3 billion each year and coral reefs are on the cutting-edge of medical science, potentially providing proteins to fight HIV.
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Coral reefs are important to ocean ecosystems and continued bleaching events from ocean warming and acidification will damage reef-based fisheries, increase exposure to coastlines from waves and storms.
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The consequences of global warming also are well-known and observable now: Ice is melting in the Arctic, sea levels are rising, and coral reefs are struggling to survive.
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Well-protected habitats such as coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass meadows, and seamounts not only sustain themselves but also often function as spawning grounds and nursery areas, replenishing fisheries elsewhere.
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Take your garbage with you and be careful that the products that you use aren't harming the local ecosystem, for example how oil-based sunscreen destroy coral reefs. 39.
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The news is dire, because coral reefs are rich biodiverse ecosystems that provide habitat for marine life, host algae that produces oxygen, and even protect our shorelines from storms.
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He told me that the coral reefs in Florida and the Caribbean experienced several bleaching events back in the 70s, but due to extreme cold temperatures instead of warmth.
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PARIS — The bioacoustician and musician Bernie Krause has been recording soundscapes of the natural world since 1968, from coral reefs to elephant stamping grounds to the Amazonian rain forest.
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The Task Force, comprised of 10 Australian research institutions, made its determination after completing aerial surveys of more than 500 coral reefs from Cairns north to Papua New Guinea.
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"Unless humans get climate change under control, the increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves will destroy most of the coral reefs around the world," Eakin said.
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Scientists believe that heat stress from multiple weather events including the latest, severe El Niño, compounded by climate change, has threatened more than a third of Earth's coral reefs.
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Visit one of the Seychelles' more remote islands (there are 115), and feel as if you have the white sand beaches, nature reserves, and coral reefs all to yourselves.
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"The Philippines should demand damages from China for the destruction of the coral reefs by Chinese fishermen in harvesting the giant clams", Carpio said in a statement dated Tuesday.
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Likewise, concern over climate change and rising sea levels has led some island communities to react by building sea walls, thereby destroying coral reefs and coastal marshes and wetlands.
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Coral reefs are beautiful to look at, but they also play a crucial role as coastal barriers when storms or flooding hits, absorbing about 97 percent of wave energy.
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Coral reefs comprise just 2500 percent of the ocean floor yet they are home to 2000 percent of the world's marine fish, a growing source of protein for people.
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"The End of Ice" illustrates with an almost overwhelming string of statistics that for many of the world's glaciers, coral reefs and ancient forests, the end is already here.
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We ignore the signs of global warming: the death of the coral reefs, the increasing acidity in the ocean, and the landfills full of styrofoam to name a few.
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And when I was speeding through the Torres Strait on a dinghy with a young boy who was able to point out oyster shells amid vast underwater coral reefs.
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Coral reefs are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, so when they go — so too do the fish and other sea creatures who congregate around them.
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"Whilst attracting more fish won't save coral reefs on its own, new techniques like this give us more tools in the fight to save these precious and vulnerable ecosystems."
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Warming up a degree or two might seem like small beans, but consider this: at 2 degrees Celsius of warming, nearly all of the world's coral reefs could vanish.
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Small-shelled sea creatures are already experiencing damage; aquaculture farms in the West Coast have had young shellfish completely wiped out; and coral reefs worldwide are taking a beating.
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In the paper, dozens of scientists described the recent disaster as the third worldwide mass bleaching of coral reefs since 1998, but by far the most widespread and damaging.
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Most of the population of Fiji, an archipelago of some 330 islands, lives on the coast, where tourism is also concentrated, intensifying pressure on natural resources like coral reefs.
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Climate change could destroy nearly all remaining coral reefs by the end of the century, according to research released Monday at the annual Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Diego.
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As the researchers detailed in a paper published this week in Coral Reefs, high-resolution seafloor maps created by Navy aircraft revealed a massive field of donut-shaped mounds.
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According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a rise in global temperatures of 1.5°C relative to pre-industrial times could cause coral reefs to decline by 70-90%.
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Netflix has a pretty incredible looking documentary coming up that goes underwater to document the wonders of ocean life and the destruction being done to coral reefs across the globe.
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One possibility is by focusing on the "ecosystem services" that nature provides — the fact that bees pollinate our crops, or wetlands help stem floods, or coral reefs help sustain fisheries.
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Coral reefs are important to ocean ecosystems and continued bleaching events from ocean warming and acidification will damage reef-based fisheries and increase exposure to coastlines from waves and storms.
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Even with a 22100°C rise coral reefs would still be severely impacted, declining by 70-90% — but virtually all (>99%) reefs would be lost with a 2°C rise.
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Harry wanted to learn more "about the work being done to protect coral reefs from threats including climate change and pollution," Charles's office at Clarence House said in a statement.
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There's plenty of research about coral reefs bleaching and dying because of warming ocean waters — but one group of researchers is more interested in knowing how corals live and grow.
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Earlier this month, the last of 48 boats seized during operations against illegal fishing were sunk off the Thai coast in an effort to create artificial coral reefs for tourism.
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If we've already blown that target, not only is humanity's landmark climate agreement depressingly obsolete, coral reefs, low-lying island nations, and many of our planet's coastal cities are doomed.
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Maybe you don't usually like this sort of programming, or don't want to think about how, say, overfishing is destroying the oceans, or how climate change is bleaching coral reefs.
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The U.N. agency said 2016 will also very likely be the hottest year on record, a milestone that already has had serious consequences for coral reefs and Arctic sea ice.
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Fixated as they are on the marine life's vibrant colors and hypnotic motion, the last thing most people imagine when they think of coral reefs is the sounds they make.
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Protecting them will require fishermen, diving schools, hotel chains and islanders to all understand that conserving coral reefs is crucial for the island's tourism and its fishing economy, Castro said.
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The Maldives are a remote group of tropical islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 miles southwest of Sri Lanka, known for their coral reefs, luxe resorts and celebrity fans.
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Unfortunately, since then, the loss of biodiversity and the destruction of natural forests, grasslands, wetlands and coral reefs has accelerated, and 500,000 to 1,000,000 species are now threatened with extinction.
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The problems with chemical sunscreensLast year, we found out once and for all that the active ingredients in chemical-based sunscreens were killing off coral reefs at an alarming rate.
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In creating this series, Mattison hopes to inspire curiosity in viewers, which might lead to a widespread effort to combat global warming and the harm being done to coral reefs.
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A 2000 report by the United Nations predicts that all 217 World Heritage coral reefs, including one in the Philippines, will die by 2000 unless carbon emissions are drastically reduced.
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If the planet keeps warming to 2000 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, the effects could include devastating floods and droughts and the permanent loss of the world's coral reefs.
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Ruth Gates, a renowned marine biologist who made it her life's work to save the world's fragile coral reefs from the deadening effects of warming water temperatures, died on Oct.
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Tracing the young Darwin's tracks on the 1831-36 Beagle circumnavigation, Wesson relates how Darwin hatched his first, favorite, and most overlooked substantive theory, on the origins of coral reefs.
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The storm, which wiped out communities in the Bahamas and killed 67 people in September, also destroyed about 30 percent of the islands' coral reefs, according to a new study.
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Marine heatwaves that have killed off vast stretches of Earth's coral reefs have very likely doubled in frequency and are projected to become more common and intense, the report finds.
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Almost three-quarters of the world's coral reefs were affected by those heat waves and experts say warmer oceans mean these sorts of die-offs will become much more common.
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They warned decades ago that the coral reefs would be at risk if human society kept burning fossil fuels at a runaway pace, releasing greenhouse gases that warm the ocean.
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Raging fires and monster hurricanes, flooded coasts and drowning islands, dying coral reefs and vanishing glaciers -- we are witnessing change on a scale that has never happened in human history.
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Many of the world's most important coral reefs, including in the islands of New Caledonia in the western Pacific, have suffered unprecedented coral bleaching linked to climate change this year.
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"We believe the bright spots offer hope and some solutions that can be applied more broadly across the world's coral reefs," says Josh Cinner, the lead author on the study.
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