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In the Wake of Destruction: a Future for the Corals in the Great Barrier Reef

Posted on April 19, 2016 by ams13

This past month brought a lot of bad news with a slight silver lining to the corals in the Great Barrier Reef. Unfortunately, the bleaching we were starting to see at the time of my last entry only continued, worsened, … Continue reading →

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The Galapagos: A Tale of Recovering Reefs

Posted on April 18, 2016 by aay1

Hello there. Here is my last blog post about the Galapagos coral reefs. It really has been fun following the progress of this specific reef and I hope that I’ve raised at least a tiny bit of awareness for the … Continue reading →

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Losing the Pristine: Coral Bleaching strikes in North Great Barrier Reef

Posted on March 17, 2016 by ams13

Unfortunately, the predictions raised in my blog post last month about the fate of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in response to the ongoing mass global bleaching event have come true. Throughout March, coral reefs located on the far north … Continue reading →

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What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger: Galapagos reef recovery.

Posted on March 17, 2016 by aay1

Hello again! I really hope corals have started to “grow” on you guys too. Corals have had it rough over the years but in the words of Gloria Gaynor, “[they] will survive.” The Galapagos sits at the intersection of five … Continue reading →

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Trouble Down Under: Coral Bleaching to Hit the Great Barrier Reef

Posted on February 18, 2016 by ams13

When the month of October rolled around in 2015, and El Niño was beginning to bring heavy rains across the western United States, many naive Californians were filled with hope that an end to the state’s four-year drought was in … Continue reading →

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Coral Greefs – Threats in the Galapagos Islands

Posted on February 17, 2016 by aay1

For me, it’s always been hard to wrap my mind around the fact that corals are actually living organisms. They eat, they fight, and they reproduce. Yet, I still tend to think of them as underwater rocks. However, the real … Continue reading →

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