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BAN KO SAMAESAN, Thailand (AFP) – Underneath the calm turquoise waters off eastern Thailand, a rapidly spreading disease is killing corals over vast stretches of the sea floor, and scientists fear it may be getting worse because of climate change. Yellow-band disease — named for the color it turns corals before destroying them — was first spotted decades ago and has caused widespread damage to reefs in the Caribbean. There is no known cure. But it […]
by Nick Perry Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) – Rising sea temperatures and overfishing threaten coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean with complete collapse in the next 50 years, according to a groundbreaking study of these marine ecosystems. The findings, published in the journal Nature Sustainability on Monday, warned that reefs along the eastern coast of Africa and island nations like Mauritius and Seychelles faced a high risk of extinction unless urgent action was […]
by Leon LORD Agence France-Presse CORAL COAST, Fiji (AFP) — Fiji dive operator Ashwin Pal was living his dream until the global pandemic hit, guiding tourists around an underwater wonderland of dazzling Pacific coral reefs. Now the 35-year-old hunts the neon-hued fish he once proudly showed off to international visitors, forced to kill the creatures he loves to feed his wife and four children. And the coronavirus-induced shutdown of Fiji’s tourism industry is not the […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — When coral reefs come in contact with plastic trash in the ocean, their risk of becoming diseased skyrockets, said an international study out Thursday. Researchers examined more than 120,000 corals on 159 reefs — some polluted with plastic, others not — from Indonesia, Australia, Myanmar and Thailand for the study in the journal Science. “We found that the chance of disease increased from four percent to 89 percent when […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in peril from climate change and widespread bleaching, but scientists said Tuesday a small portion may be resilient enough to keep much of the rest alive. About three percent of the World Heritage site — home to the planet’s largest collection of coral reefs with 3,800 in all — has so far emerged relatively unscathed from a host of threats, from warming waters to pollution […]
(Reuters) — Coral reefs in the Red Sea’s Gulf of Aqaba are able to tolerate rising sea temperatures, which could mean they could be used to reseed dying reefs elsewhere in the world, according to a new study. As sea temperatures rise as a result of global warming, coral reefs are deteriorating on a massive scale. When the seawater is too warm, coral expels the algae on which it depends, causing calcification and turning the […]
by Marlowe HOO Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Coral reefs that survive rapid bleaching fueled by global warming remain deeply damaged, with little prospect of full recovery, researchers said Wednesday. Sixteen years after the 1998 El Nino ravaged coral in the Indian Ocean’s Seychelles archipelago, no reefs had recovered their original growth rates and barely a third were expanding at all, they reported in a study, the first to track coral health over […]
QUEZON CITY, 20 May (PIA)–The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is urging Filipinos to take action to help save what remains of the country’s coral reefs. It said concerted effort is necessary to ensure the survival of the so-called “rainforests of the sea,” which is threatened by human activities and climate change. “We must act now to save our remaining coral reefs, before it’s too late,” the DENR said in a statement. The […]
