Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
April 6, 2010

Queensland, Australia - Oil that leaked from a stricken coal carrier off Rockhampton has been dispersed, the Queensland government says.

Three to four tonnes of heavy fuel oil spilled from the Shen Neng 1 on Saturday after it hit a shoal inside a restricted zone of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Transport department spokesman Mark Strong says dispersant sprayed onto the slick has worked, and the oil has broken up.

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Source: The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
March 29, 2010

The rise in human emissions of carbon dioxide is driving fundamental and dangerous changes in the chemistry and ecosystems of the world's oceans, international marine scientists warned today.

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Ron Toft
Source: Islands Business
April 6, 2010

It covers a huge area of roughly 6.8 million square kilometres in the waters of six countries in South East Asia and the Pacific-the eastern half of Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands-where there are over 18,500 islands and 132,800 kilometres of coastline.

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Genalyn Kabiling
Source: The Manilla Bulletin
April 3, 2010

Manilla, Philippines - Concerned by the attacks on whale sharks in the country's waters, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has mobilized government forces to reinforce measures to conserve and protect the gentle sea giants from extinction.

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John Glionna
Source: The Los Angeles Times
April 6, 2010

Strong currents Monday battered a stranded coal carrier that slammed into a stretch of Australia's Great Barrier Reef over the weekend, raising fears that more oil from the stricken ship would leak into the pristine ocean habitat.

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Audrey McAvoy
Source: The Honolulu Star Bulletin
April 5, 2010

Each day, two boat tour operators head out to the waters off Oahu's North Shore to give the dozens of tourists aboard a close-up look at sharks. They toss bits of bloody fish into the water to attract the predators.

It is a brisk business and, according to opponents, also illegal.

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Source: BBC News
April 4, 2010

A Chinese ship is in danger of breaking up after running aground off north-east Australia, sparking fears of a major oil spill into the Great Barrier Reef.

The Shen Neng 1, carrying 950 tonnes of oil, ran aground 70km (43 miles) off the east coast of Great Keppel Island.

Some oil has already leaked and there are fears the coal-carrier may split into parts, causing a greater spillage.

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Vesela Todorova
Source: The National
April 2, 2010

Abu Dhabi, UAE - Little more than a decade after ocean warming wiped out coral reefs in the Arabian Gulf, corals are again growing off Dubai and eastern Abu Dhabi.

But west of the capital, there is little sign of improvement.

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