Source: SciTech Daily
February 1, 2012

 "Researchers studying the effects of climate change on coral reefs at One Tree Island found that sea cucumbers play a vital role in reducing the harmful impact of ocean acidification on coral growth. By ingesting sand, sea cucumbers supply coral reefs with calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and are an important component of the natural calcium carbonate turnover process that is essential for coral's survival."

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Ted P. Torres
Source: The Philippine Star
January 29, 2012

"MANILA, Philippines - Eighty-percent of the efforts to save the country's coral reefs, known worldwide as "the center of the center of the marine shorefish diversity" are still private sector-initiated.

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Source: Reef Relief
January 23, 2012

 "This video podcast highlights 50 years of photographic documentation of coral reefs in the Florida Keys. The photographs show 5 decades of changes that have taken place in both the size and the types of corals that were present at several coral reef sites from the early 1960s to today. The images capture events such as the appearance of coral disease and the die off of coral species like staghorn in the region."

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Source: UPI
January 23, 2012

"The complex relationship between fish and corals is a major factor in shielding reef species from extinction, Australian researchers say.

Those relationships developed relatively recently in geological terms, scientists at the ARC Center of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies said.

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Bronwyn Herbert
Source: ABC
January 23, 2012

"TONY EASTLEY: An international team of scientists says rising carbon dioxide concentrations in sea water can cause significant damage to the brains of fish.

More than two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions are dissolved into the world's oceans each year causing changes in the chemical makeup of the water.

Professor Philip Munday told AM's Bronwyn Herbert that they found marked changes in the behaviour and sensory ability of young coral fish.

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Clarissa David
Source: Saipan Tribune
January 5, 2012

"The need to improve the CNMI's understanding and management of its coral reef fisheries was highlighted in a recently published scientific study that showed troubling findings about the Commonwealth in comparison to other jurisdictions in Micronesia.

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Source: UnderwaterTimes
January 3, 2012

"MARATHON, Florida Keys -- Advanced divers seeking to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Florida Keys Over-Sea Railroad's completion can do so by exploring an artificial reef derived from part of the original railroad bridge sunk off Marathon.

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Juliet Eilperin
Source: Washington Post
January 3, 2012

"Scientists have identified the first-ever hybrid shark off the coast of Australia, a discovery that suggests some shark species may respond to changing ocean conditions by interbreeding with one another.

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