Scientists See Hope Amid Coral Doom and Gloom
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Even though nearly two thirds of coral reefs are now officially endangered, some are bouncing back despite warmer oceans and pollution, giving hope the marine marvels are not completely doomed, scientists said on Friday.
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Microbe colonies discovered living under rocks in the Arctic and Antarctic are just the latest example of life's ability to cope with extremes.
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Science & environment: The majority of the world's coral reefs are in danger of being killed off by rising levels of greenhouse gases
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Scientists say drastic measures need to be taken to restore the bluefin.
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Carbon dioxide in the air is turning the oceans acidic, and without a reduction in emissions, coral reefs may die away by the end of the century, researchers warn in Fridayâs issue of the journal Science.
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The oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, long a subject of scrutiny by scientists, is only now becoming less of a mystery.
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Marine researchers are hoping to prevent tides of destructive algae from killing fish and fouling beaches through early detection of the microscopic organisms.
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Scientists say reefs off New Guinea are one of the richest marine nurseries in the world with species that include a walking shark and a color-changing wrasse.
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For the past 30 years scientists have scoured the most inhospitable environments or life. Just about everywhere they look, they find it thriving in microscopic form.
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Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It's not sunken treasure or some Spanish galleon but instead nature's bounty, rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending.
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A simple sea creature could help to address the problem of global warming, a scientist claims.
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Scientists and officials strengthened efforts to forestall the extinction of thousands of species and protect the world&#39;s habitats in talks in
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Some coral reefs could be protected from the impacts of climate change by an "ocean thermostat", a study says.
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Scientists witness vast swathes of marine life collapse in "dead zones" off the east coast of the US.
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Scientists attempt to pair coral with algae that is better able to withstand rising sea temperatures.
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Some coral reefs are proving surprisingly resilient to global warming because of heat-tolerant algae that live with them.
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A mystery disease is destroying rare coral populations around the UK coastline, according to marine biologists.