Coral Reefs

Walter Starck has an excellent 4 page rebuttal of a greenhouse doom and gloom article by Charlie Vernon over at On Line Opinion. Vernon's article entitled, 'The plight of the Great Barrier Reef:' claims that by 2050 the Great Barrier Reef will be … [Read more...] about The Starck Truth about The Great Barrier Reef

In July 2002 I was helping teach an underwater photography course for students at James Cook University. Day trips to the outer barrier were organised from Port Douglas. On the reef I mostly saw dead coral smothered with rafts of brown algae, and … [Read more...] about Coral Re-growth on the Great Barrier Reef: A Note from Bob Halstead

A healthy fish population could be the key to ensuring coral reefs survive the impacts of climate change, pollution, overfishing and other threats. Australian scientists found that some fish act as "lawnmowers", keeping coral free of kelp and … [Read more...] about Fish Key to Reef Survival

A new study suggests that some coral reefs could be protected from bleaching by a natural 'ocean thermostat' that regulates sea surface temperatures in the western pacific warm pool. The paper was published in GRL on 9th February: GEOPHYSICAL … [Read more...] about ‘Ocean Thermostat’ Could Protect Some Coral Reefs

A World with Corals: What Will It Take? ...........The measures required to limit climate change can seem an eternity away to coastal communities left to deal with the consequences. Yet, since the 1997-98 mass bleaching--an unforgiving global event … [Read more...] about More on Corals from This Week’s Science Magazine