Coral Reef

'Freezer Plan' Bid To Save Coral

BBC NEWS | Matt McGrath | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green


The prospects of saving the world's coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples to preserve them for the future....

Will We Protect Our Majestic 23,000 Square Mile Deep-Sea Coral Reef?

Yahoo! News | BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writer | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green


FIFTY MILES OFF CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Deep beneath the crystalline blue surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern U.S. lies a virtual rain f...

Coral Transplant: An Effort To Rescue Japan's Largest Reef

nytimes.com | MARTIN FACKLER | Posted 05.16.2009 | Green


"We have been replanting forests for 4,000 years, but we are only just now learning how to revive a coral reef," said Mineo Okamoto, a marine biologis...

Sabotaging The Earth's Respiratory System

AFP | Marlowe Hood | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green


"If forams and other shell makers are not making shells, that might change the transfer of carbon from the surface ocean into the deep ocean," said Ho...