Coral Reef

WATCH: Chef Creates Edible Coral Reef

Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Chef Peter Gilmore, Peter Gilmore, Video, Quay Restaurant, Coral Reef, Coral Reef Dish, Great Barrier Reef, Edible Coral Reef, Food News

Peter Gilmore is the chef of Quay, one of Sydney's -- and the world's -- best restaurants. Fittingly, Gilmore is inspired by Australia's Great Barrier...

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Saving The Reefs, One Aquarium At A Time?

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Video, Coral Reef, Third Industrial Revolution, Captive Breeding, Breeding Aquarium Fish, Coral Ecosystem, Fish Breeding, Animals, Aquarium Fish, Breeding Fish, Captive Fish, Green News

In an effort to help preserve the world's coral reef ecosystem, marine researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are developing ways to breed s...

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Protect Our Coral Sea

Isabel Lucas | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Ocean Pollution, Saving Our Oceans, Clean Oceans, 2011 World Ocean Day, Ocean Day World, World Ocean Day, Coral Reef, Coral Reefs, Video, Green News

I've become passionately involved with the Protect Our Coral Sea initiative, which aims to create the largest marine park in the world, free of fishing, oil and gas exploration, and seabed mining.

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Ship Loaded With Coal Runs Aground, Damages Coral Reef

AP | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Coal Ship Coral, Philippines Marine Sanctuary, Coral Reef, Coral Reef Destroyed, Philippines Coral Reef, Ship Coral, Coal Ship Philippines, Oceans, Coral Reefs, Green News

MANILA, Philippines -- Officials say a ship loaded with coal has run aground and destroyed a large portion of a marine sanctuary in the southern Phili...

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WATCH: Navy Ship Sunk In Cayman Islands

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - A decommissioned U.S. Navy ship was scuttled Wednesday in the clear Caribbean waters of the Cayman Islands, where officials s...

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Coral Reefs Are Trying to Tell Us Something: We Must Break Our Addiction to Fossil Fuels

Sigourney Weaver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ocean Acidification, Coral Bleaching, Carbon Emissions, Coral Reef, Global Warming, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, Coral Reefs, Green News

Scientists point to coral as a canary in the coalmine for climate change -- and their reaction to increased water temperatures isn't the only indication that carbon emissions are reaching dangerous levels.

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Gulf Oil Spill Meets Dead Zone: What Lies Beneath

Brenda Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scuba Diving, Statistics, Bp, Coral Reef, Gulf Oil Spill, Marine Sanctuaries, Dead Zone, Stories, Environmental Protection, Green News

Facts can be filed away and forgotten. But a story is often vividly remembered. So here's a story about the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone -- what it looks and feels like to experience this as an undersea diver.

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The Most Beautiful Coral Reefs (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Our Oceans, Oceans, Coral Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Coral Reefs, Green News

Coral reefs are the rainforests of our oceans, providing a home for 25% of all marine life. Coral polyps create calcium carbonate to build the reefs ...

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Abu Dhabi's "Wondering Where the Lions Are" (And Why The Corals Won't Come Back)

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Prophet, Coral Reef, Middle East, Extinction, Environment, Abu Dhabi, Pollution, Global Warming, Green News

West of the city of Abu Dhabi, the capitol of the United Arab Emirates, after a coral "wipe out" 10 years ago, the coral reef has failed to revive itself.

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Mysteries of the Deep

Julie Packard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julie Packard, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Mysteries of the Deep, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Mbari, Octopus, Sea Slug, Sea Stars, Penguins, Coral Reefs, Coral Reef, Biodiversity, Worms, Climate Change, Stanford University, Oceans, Great White Sharks, Ocean, Green News

Almost on a daily basis scientists discover something new about the ocean. Some discoveries are delightful; others boggle the mind. For your enjoyment and amazement as we begin the new year, here are seven wonders from the seas.

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'Freezer Plan' Bid To Save Coral

BBC NEWS | Matt McGrath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Legislators Organization, Freezing Coral, Coral Reef, Coral Samples, Climate Change, Global Emissions, Environment, Great Barrier Reef, Coral, Coral Freezing Samples, Green News

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....

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

Yahoo! News | BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Coral Reef Protection, Fishing, Oceans, Ocean Protection, Coral Reef, Cape Canaveral, Green News

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...

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

nytimes.com | MARTIN FACKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Coral Transplant, Environment, Coral Reef, Japan, Green News

"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...

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Sabotaging The Earth's Respiratory System

AFP | Marlowe Hood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Carbon Cycle, Ocean Acidification, Coral Reef, Climate Change, Green News

"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...

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