by faster | Mar 5, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Science News DATE: March 5, 2018 SNIP: A complex coral reef full of nooks and crannies is a coastline’s best defense against large ocean waves. But coral die-offs over the next century could allow taller waves to penetrate the corals’ defenses, simulations...
by faster | Jan 5, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Grist DATE: January 5, 2018 SNIP: For decades, marine scientists have been warning of the demise of coral reefs in a warming world. But now, those warning calls have reached a full-scale alarm, leaving researchers at a loss for exactly how best to save the...
by faster | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Earther DATE: November 8, 2017 SNIP: Last week, scientists reported that half of Hawaii’s coral reefs suffered serious bleaching in 2014 and 2015 as part of an ongoing, three-year global bleaching event that researchers are still trying to get a handle on....
by faster | May 30, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: May 30, 2017 SNIP: Some of America’s most protected corals have been blighted by bleaching, with scientists warning that US reefs are on course to largely disappear within just a few decades because of global warming. New research has...
by faster | May 29, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: The Telegraph (not usually a trustworthy source on climate change, so keep that in mind…) DATE: May 29, 2017 SNIP: Scientists have concluded that the Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved because it is so damaged. The plight of the reef is partly due...
