Super Reefs: The Future of Corals
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Super Reefs are coral reefs that are able to survive ocean warming, and some can breed resilient larvae that can reseed other [...]
Environmental crisis in the Solomon Islands
"(CNN) — An environmental crisis is unfolding in the Solomon Islands, where a ship is leaking oil near a UNESCO World Heritage Site and threatens [...]
World Wildlife Day – March 3rd
"On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March, the day of signature of the Convention on [...]
Rolling in the Deep ~ Papua New Guinea
Rolling in the Deep - Episode #5 - Papua New Guinea from Dustin Adamson
Slow Life
Slow Life from BioQuest Studios "Slow" marine animals show their secret life under high magnification. Corals and sponges are very mobile creatures, but their motion [...]
Reef Life of the Andaman
Enjoy 2 outstanding hours of the amazing biodiversity of marine life in the Andaman Sea (in the northeast Indian Ocean). Produced by Nick Hope at [...]
What’s it like to be an aquanaut?
Find out October 12-21! Aquarius 2010: If Reefs Could Talk Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live underwater? Well, from October [...]
Massive Coral Mortality & Bleaching
This is one of the most important reasons why we need to fight harder to stop climate change. The loss of these precious ecosystems is [...]
Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean
Transcript: I'm an ecologist, mostly a coral reef ecologist. I started out in Chesapeake Bay and went diving in the winter and became a tropical [...]
Good news about the plight of corals?
I just came across this quote in an interview with International Society for Reef Studies President Richard Aronson on SeaWeb and was immediately inspired to [...]
Why corals need urgent protection
Time Magazine published this great article earlier this month. Read: You don't have to be a marine biologist to understand the importance of corals — [...]
We’re Back ~ Indonesia Expedition
David, Dr. Wood and I recently returned from MarineBio's expedition to Indonesia where we spent two weeks in the Lembeh Strait and the Bunaken National [...]
Coral reefs: the good news and the bad
The good news? A survey of how well the world's coral reefs are being protected was conducted. The bad news? Less than 2% of the [...]
Great book on coral reefs and their conservation
In keeping with my recent coral reefs theme, I'm reading "The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Term with Nature on the Coral Reef" by Osha Gray [...]
Excess CO2 Threatens Marine Life
By Rosanne Skirble, Washington, D.C. The chemistry of the world’s oceans is changing with increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the [...]
World’s coral reefs left vulnerable by paper parks
This is extremely troubling. What good are policies and plans if they’re written—then ignored or implemented but poorly monitored? What can [...]