Living Coral Reefs Provide Better Protection from Tsunami Waves
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Healthy coral reefs provide their adjacent coasts with substantially more protection from destructive tsunami waves than do unhealthy or dead reefs, a Princeton University study suggests.
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Along the shores of Sri Lanka, the tsunami that has killed more than 140,000 people first appeared as a rapidly rising tide -- a phenomenon more akin to a quickly filling bathtub than a bona fide wave.
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Electro-shock therapy is being tested as a way of saving some of the world's endangered corals.
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Endangered sea turtles were also casualties of the tsunami, with the monster waves possibly hastening their extinction, a marine expert said Saturday.
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Online journals or weblogs are helping people share information about the tsunami disaster.
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Many believe the tsunami that devastated this tourist hotspot and killed thousands had one positive side: By washing away rampant development, it returned the beaches to nature.
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People who survived the Asian tsunami face yet another risk - a potentially fatal fungal infection.
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India plans to initiate an assessment of the damage caused by the tsunami to the pristine coral reefs of the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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By Raloff, Janet  ENVIRONMENT  Huge tracts of delicate coral gardens and soft-coral forests off the coast of Alaska will be permanently protected from fishing gear that targets groundfish and shellfish by scraping the seafloor.
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Breathtaking coral reefs around India's Andaman and Nicobar islands may have suffered severe tsunami damage, but fears for those off Thailand have proven overblown, experts said on Friday.
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Scientists predict killer tsunamis could strike the Caribbean, which lacks a warning system even though its seabed is gouged by some of the world's deepest trenches, where the giant waves can be generated by tectonic activity, and its low-lying islands are heavily populated along their coastlines.
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Scientists and politicians are moving to protect the enormous biodiversity in the Coral Triangle â a critical marine nursery for tuna and other species.
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Scientists have called for almost a third of the world's oceans to be turned into protected areas for marine wildlife - to maintain food supplies and stop damage to underwater habitats and wildlife.
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To help create warning systems to detect catastrophic events such as the tsunamis in south Asia, scientific research needs adequate support.
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Rising levels of greenhouse gases may not be quite as bad for coral reefs as was previously thought. A team of Australian scientists say that the damage done by increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the
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A computer model that can predict the impact of a tsunami from the San Francisco Bay area to Alaska is helping scientists plot danger zones in coastal cities to guide emergency planning.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 6 (IPS) - As donations for the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster  continue to rise, development experts are hoping that the  generosity shown by governments and citizens will mark a ânew  beginningâ in the fight against poverty.