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Fishing for Some Trouble
Wow! This sustains the livelihoods of a plethora of living things. Now, how can I exploit it? In general when many people observe something important for the environment, variations of the aforementioned statement come to mind. Needless to say, coral … Continue reading
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Drowning Out Disease: Are Coral Reefs the Link?
When most people think of coral reefs, what comes to mind are vibrant scenes of enormous coral colonies surrounded by an immensely colorful array of organisms that would put rainbows to shame. And while these images are often visually astounding, … Continue reading
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When Air Meets Water: Carbon Dioxide And Ocean Acidification
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is not just in the air we breathe; it is also in oceans that harbor coral reefs. Unfortunately, due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, many reefs are threatened by ocean acidification, which will be the focus … Continue reading
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Racing against Extinction (Plot spoil: We are losing)
Coral reefs are often described as biodiversity hotspots. But just how much diversity is there on reefs? Scientists try to understand reef biodiversity through the estimation of extinction rates, discovery rates, and global biodiversity estimates. Today we are going to … Continue reading
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Hidden Forests: Deep Water Reefs
When you think of coral reefs, you probably think of a tropical locale with white sand beaches and warm waters which contain a colorful array of coral species, home to a diverse group of fish, algae, sponges and more. But what … Continue reading
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An Unlikely Invasion: A Threat to Oceans Everywhere
They call the United States the melting pot because the country is a perfect example of diversity. But, it is not only the land that houses such diversity, the oceans that surround the U.S. are also homes to highly biodiverse … Continue reading
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Diverse Colors in Coral Reef Ecosystems: More Than What Meets the Eye
Aesthetically, I think we can agree that as ecosystems go, coral reefs are not too shabby. Coral reefs are characteristically colorful and visually dynamic, and coral reef ecosystems are brimming with diverse, multi-colored fish. The photo below captures just one … Continue reading
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Flower Garden Banks: a Coral Reef in your Backyard
Welcome to my coral reefs blog! This semester I’ll be blogging periodically about the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, a coral reef in the Northern Gulf of Mexico that is notable for being one of few reefs along the … Continue reading
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Out of the Frying Pan… The Future of America’s Barrier Reef
For the past two months, I’ve been following coral reefs in the Florida Keys (the only barrier reef on the continental U.S.) as record-breaking sea temperatures persist globally. Corals in the Keys experienced the harshest conditions and bleaching in August – September … Continue reading
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Bleaching Reported in the Seychelles
Conditions are worsening in the Seychelles, as is indicative of a transition from a bleaching warning to an Alert Level 1 [4]. Figure 1 shows that two monitoring stations in the Seychelles have reported high and extreme bleaching events [3]. … Continue reading
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