These amazing pictures are from the Yucatan Peninsula off the Gulf of Mexico, where golden rays flock before undergo a biannual mass migration. See more of the stunning pictures of these near threatened rays (upto 2m in size) here.
A changing global climate may have profound effects on the Florida Keys coral reef, an Australian researcher says, but at least people are paying attention.
“People are concerned about tourism and the reef, of course,” economist Hans Hoegh-Guldberg said after his first Keys workshop Friday in [...]
Jamaica Gleaner, May 2nd 2008
Coral reef degradation could result in annual losses of US$100 million to $300 million to the Caribbean tourism industry by 2015, marine scientists are predicting.
Rick MacPherson, director of conservation programmes with Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL), said at a Turks and Caicos conference this week that [...]
A new study has revealed that hurricanes and storms limit the ability of corals to “recruit” new corals into their community.
The study, supported by Earthwatch Institute in the US, was carried out in Belize, a Central American country, by Earthwatch scientist Dr. James Crabbe in 2006 and 2007 [...]
Several hundred years ago, the coral reefs of the Caribbean had up to six times more fish than they have today, according to a study published Wednesday.
The estimate is made by US scientists poring over the fate of the Caribbean monk seal, a fish-loving mammal driven to [...]
Two dominant coral species have built a good chunk of the Caribbean reef, and their ability to grow quickly may help the region’s coral reefs keep pace with rising sea levels caused by global warming, researchers say.
The endangered staghorn and elkhorn corals grow about 10 times faster than [...]
The “Status of Caribbean coral reefs after bleaching and hurricanes in 2005” is an excellent account of the impact of mass bleaching and hurricanes that hit the Caribbean in 2005. As you will remember, sea temperatures rose sharply in this region in May 2005, intensifying until October by which time hotspots covered most [...]
A colleague of mine, Dr John Bruno forwarded me an excellent article that he wrote for The Encyclopedia of the Earth, titled “Coral Reefs and Climate Change”
“A healthy reef ecosystem literally buzzes with sounds, activity and colors and is populated by incredibly dense aggregations of fish and invertebrates. In this [...]
Following close on the heels of IUCN report …
PARIS (AFP, Jan 28 2008) — The Caribbean’s fragile coral reefs were devastated in 2005 by a doubly whammy of record-high temperatures and 13 full-on hurricanes, according to a UN-sponsored report released Monday.During the last 50 years many Caribbean reefs [...]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
January 24th 2008
A NOAA-sponsored expedition is investigating shallow and deep coral ecosystems off the Caribbean island of Bonaire, part of the Netherland Antilles. Multiple underwater robots and divers are surveying arguably the most pristine coral reefs in the Caribbean to learn why they [...]
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