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A Japanese ship that ran aground on a reef off Mauritius two weeks ago has now stopped leaking oil into the Indian Ocean but the island nation must still prepare for "a worst case scenario", Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said late on Monday. 
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A game-changing scientific study to record & reveal the world`s coral reefs.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
OUR OCEANS ARE CHANGING Coral reefs are a clear visual indicator of this change - we’ve seen a 40% loss of corals around the globe in the last 30 years alone. The XL Catlin Seaview Survey is a unique global study, working with some of the world's leading scientific institutions, dedicated to monitoring this change and communicating it to the world.
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NOAA would like to thank the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for completing the first phase of the Interventions to Increase the Resilience of Coral Reefs study. We look forward to reviewing the impressive interim report and incorporating the findings in the most effective way possible. The final report, which includes a risk analysis and decision-making framework, will be released this summer.
Ruben Sanchez Ramirez's insight:
"We have already lost 30-50% of the world’s reefs. By the end of the century, without significant intervention, tropical reefs could become the first example of a global ecosystem extinction due to ocean warming." This broad global collaboration show the urgency of this issue.
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There is fresh life on the Great Barrier Reef, where a team of scientists is regrowing coral from larvae to restore damage that may not recover naturally.
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Outside magazine wrote an obituary for the Great Barrier Reef, declaring it dead at the age of roughly 25 million years. Not so fast, scientists say.
Dulce Lopez's insight:
There has been a lot of talk this weekend about the Great Barrier Reef being pronounced dead. However, in this article Deborah Netburn a science reporter at the LA Times, states that there simply has been a massive bleaching event but coral reefs are resilient and able to recover from the "brink of death".
Summer Lee's comment,
October 17, 2016 1:57 AM
I read a lot about this recently too. I find it interesting that "all of a sudden" the general public is concerned that the Great Barrier Reef was pronounced "dead" even though that isn't the case. It's sad to see what is happening right before our eyes to the Great Barrier Reef.
Karina Barron's comment,
October 21, 2016 7:00 PM
This is interesting how people are so fast to believe something can't be helped and it's easy to pronounced it dead. I think its easier to say something can't be helped than to actually do something about it. That's not only the case for the Great Barrier Reef but for other areas around the world.
Madeline Pascal's comment,
October 24, 2016 1:40 PM
Kinda sad to see people give up so easily on an important resource and not take the time to analyze the situation or do proper research.
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The Great Barrier Reef is in trouble. Not only do sections of it look bad, but they sound bad too. And this, it turns out, may be yet another barrier to reef recovery. In a new study published this week, a team led by Tim Gordon, PhD candidate in a marine biology from the University of Exeter, recorded sounds made by coral reefs before and after they were damaged and tested how the sounds changed the response of fish searching for a reef to settle on.
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Researchers analyzed high-definition imagery of over three hundred deep-sea coral colonies from 2011 – 2017 to quantify their recovery from the oil spill.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzQ4IuB2wmw Our planet still has exceptional wildlife. But one must travel far to witness some of the last remaining unspoiled areas. Arriving in Sorong brought back old memories of my last visit and it felt so right. After our very first day of diving, before setting sail south to Misool, we visited a small beautiful island.…
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A recent study published in the scientific journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, reveals that corals ingest these floating debris of their own volition
Jeff Witteman's insight:
Redesigning all microplastics so that they no longer appeal to corals seems like an unfeasible task. With the prevalence of microplastics in filtering into our oceans, the outlook for coral reefs is not looking good.
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