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‘Literally off the charts’: global coral reef heat stress monitor forced to add new alerts as temperatures rise

Posted on February 2, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

Three new levels added by US Coral Reef Watch after ‘extreme’ unprecedented heat, with highest alert warning of ‘near complete mortality’ — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/01/literally-off-the-charts-global-coral-reef-heat-stress-monitor-forced-to-add-new-alerts-as-temperatures-rise so, along with scale of warnings for bush fires, now similar sea temperature warning without … Continue reading →

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Rowley Shoals: thriving Australian reef shows what’s possible when ecosystems are untouched by humans

Posted on April 8, 2021 by groundswellbasscoast

New study shows fishing restrictions across the archipelago helped sustain threatened species and biodiversity during a time of ‘unprecedented’ decline — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/07/rowley-shoals-thriving-australian-reef-shows-whats-possible-when-ecosystems-are-untouched-by-humans

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Coral bleaching Christmas Atoll

Posted on April 14, 2016 by groundswellbasscoast

Over the past two weeks, a team of researchers led by Julia Baum, a biologist at the University of Victoria and Kim Cobb, a climate scientist at Georgia Tech, has been stationed at Kiritimati, and via hundreds of dives they … Continue reading →

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Microplastics choking coral on Great Barrier Reef

Posted on March 9, 2015 by groundswellbasscoast

Corals are half plant and half animal. Turbidity in seawater blocks sunlight, which stifles photosynthetic growth. This story is about new research which identifies that animal component of coral ingests micro plastics which accumulate in the gut which, again, kills … Continue reading →

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