珊瑚Bleaching Could Cost Australia $1 Billion in Lost Tourism

Researchers from the Australian Institute are warning that continued coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef could result in a loss of $ 1 Billion dollars in tourism revenue to the country. This report coming just a week after the…

珊瑚Bleaching data from the GBR ‘misinterpreted’

今年的珊瑚漂白事件是有史以来最糟糕的漂白事件吗?还是有史以来报告最多的漂白?陪审团对今年的重大活动对大堡礁的真正影响,具有权威……

珊瑚bleaching is heartbreaking, but reefs CAN recover

With the massive coral bleaching event occurring right now in the Great Barrier Reef and other parts of the Pacific Ocean, it’s easy to get depressed and discouraged about the future of coral reefs. In the face of so many…

Reefer’s eye view of dying corals on the Great Barrier Reef

For the past two to three weeks, the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef has been all over the news, and there’s hardly a day that goes by that new pictures and reports come in of how dire the situation…

Why Reef Building corals are being hit the hardest by coral bleaching

珊瑚reefs are under existential threat. This year alone large scale bleaching has been observed on 500 separate coral reefs along the Great Barrier Reef, and up to 50% of bleached corals from in water surveys have already died, in…

First damages of the 2016 global coral mass bleaching event

An interview of leading coral expert Prof. Terry Hughes was recently published in a video. An areal survey reveals the first major damage of ENSO-induced warming on the northern Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Countless bleached reefs, hanging like white ghosts…

Worst mass coral bleaching event in history

The Australian ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies has released aerial survey footage of what they are calling the worst mass coral bleaching event in history. The aerial survey documented more than 500 coral reefs from Cairns Australia to…

珊瑚reefs are bleaching on a massive scale this year

气候学家一直在告诉我们,地球越来越热,它将变得更热,考虑到这些预测,预计2016年将是珊瑚漂白的可怕一年。不幸的是,这些预测已经实现,现在我们…

Virus outbreaks may be linked to coral bleaching event

重大疫情的梵uses may be associated with coral reef bleaching events, especially as a result of multiple environmental stresses including rising ocean temperatures and ocean acidification. A recent study at Oregon State University has documented a virus outbreak, including a…

Lots of things can kill corals, suicide is not one of them

Over the years I have been asked a lot of questions by hobbyists regarding their corals and their tanks. Of these queries, the single most frequently asked question is” Why are my corals dying or why did this coral die?”…