coral reefs
Artificial Reefs Could Help Save Our Oceans
The Smithsonian Institution calls coralline algae “the unsung architects of coral reefs.” These pink-colored seaweed, with a skeletal structure that resembles honeycomb, live in harmony with coral. They strengthen the corals’ foundation by growing over and between gaps in coral…
Stopping Global Warming is Only Way to Save Great Barrier Reef, Scientists Warn
The survival of the Great Barrier Reef hinges on urgent moves to cut global warming because nothing else will protect coral from the coming cycle of mass bleaching events, new research has found. The study of three mass bleaching events…
Coral Reefs Are Dying Faster than Ever! We Have to Do Something, NOW!
Photo: 50reefs.org Unless we act now, we could lose all reefs by 2050, risking the food source and livelihood of half a billion people. Coral reefs are a critical global ecosystem. They support 25% of all marine life worldwide, and…
‘Paris Agreement Not Enough’ to Prevent Catastrophic Coral Bleaching, Marine Biologists Warn
Current targets for reducing damaging greenhouse gas emissions are not enough to prevent catastrophic loss of the world’s coral reefs, marine biologists have warned. Rising sea surface temperatures are having a devastating effect on coral reefs, many of which are…
Maldives Urges Rich Countries to Rapidly Ratify Paris Climate Agreement
Rich countries must ratify the climate change agreement reached in Paris last December, one of the world’s most at-risk nations has warned. Thoriq Ibrahim, environment and energy minister of the Maldives, told the Guardian that there was “no time to…