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US Coral Reef Task Force meets in American Samoa  -  19 Aug 2007
Radio New Zealand International,The Task Force aims to lead and strengthening US government actions to preserve and protect coral reef ecosystems. Up to 180 over seas delegates including

Young Brothers look at reef healthson  -  19 Aug 2007
Lihue Garden Island,During the project-based learning, students in grades K-7 and grade 10 at Kula survey coral reef organisms and study coral reef ecology, symbiosis,

Reef work makes teen an eco-hero  -  19 Aug 2007
Miami Herald,The balls attach themselves to the existing coral reef to help it grow, despite pollution, poor boating practices and dredging. Jeffers, 17, was awarded a

Coral bleaching worsens as mercury rises  -  19 Aug 2007
Asahi Shimbun,According to the Environment Ministry's International Coral Reef Research and Monitoring Center, similar cases of bleaching have been reported this year in

WILLIAM AND KATE FUEL ROMANCE REPORTS WITH HOLIDAY  -  19 Aug 2007
Contactmusic.com,A source tells Britain's News of the World, "They spent Friday snorkelling on a coral reef. They plan to have a relaxing weekend and are due to go fishing

Secrecy shrouds charges against surgeon  -  19 Aug 2007
Miami Herald,He says he recommended Zakharia ''without reservation'' to Coral Reef because that South Miami-Dade facility didn't do heart surgery and Kaiser had no

RP seas may hold key to cancer cure  -  19 Aug 2007
INQ7.net,...with other organisms in the environment, Concepcion said, citing as an example a coral reef where both competitive and symbiotic relationships exist.

Lining up for food, as well as rides, at Epcot  -  19 Aug 2007
Baltimore Sun,Visitors can find Angus beef steaks in the Canada pavilion, Peking duck in China, lobster bisque at the Coral Reef, le coq au vin in France or roast lamb in

Kenny Chesney brings hits, spectacle -- and Uncle Kracker -- to ...  -  19 Aug 2007
Detroit Free Press,Chesney broke through earlier this decade with a musical formula that blends accessible everyman songs and a laid-back coral reef style.

Chesney blends  -  19 Aug 2007
Detroit Free Press,Chesney broke through earlier this decade with a musical formula that blends accessible everyman songs and a laid-back coral reef style.

Trying to Save the Coral Reefs  -  Aug 17, 2007
TIMEA school of fish pass over a coral reef at Hanauma Bay, Hawaii. Many coral reefs are dying from water pollution. Near the close of the 1960s, a squadron of

Reef education on Little Cayman  -  Aug 16, 2007
Cayman Net News,Thanks to ongoing support from individual donors and corporate sponsors, Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) continues to promote long-term coral reef

Coral reef loss at unprecedented levels  -  Aug 7, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,By Paul Eccleston Pacific coral reefs are dying at an unprecedented rate, scientists have found. Almost 600 square miles of reef have disappeared every year

Indonesia Loses Coral Reef  -  Aug 14, 2007
Prensa Latina,...through ignorance or avarice, has been the major cause of the 18000 islands of the Indonesian archipelago losing nearly 70 percent of their coral reef.

Our Belize Community – Billy Leslie  -  Aug 17, 2007
San Pedro Sun,His love for the coral reef environment pushes him to try any and all means to promote the conservation of the pristine reef. He has done this by giving

Indo-Pacific coral reefs are disappearing  -  Aug 9, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Coral Reef Decline - Not Just Overfishing (August 31, 2005) -- Scientists widely agree that coral reefs are in declining.

Coral reef monitoring stations installed  -  Aug 12, 2007
AME Info,Installation of coral reef monitoring stations accompanied by a survey of reefs was taken up during 29 July - 7 August 2007 along the coast of Fujairah

Woods Hole to Be KAUST’s First Research Partner  -  Aug 14, 2007
Arab News,The proposed coral reef systems research project will focus on corals and reef fishes and provide critical information for the protection and sustainable

New reef warning a wake-call: Garrett  -  Aug 8, 2007
The Age,Mr Garrett said the Great Barrier Reef was the world's most extensive coral reef system and an economic powerhouse, contributing nearly $6 billion to

"Swim with Olympians" at the 12th Annual St. Croix Coral Reef Swim  -  Aug 9, 2007
TravelVideo.tv (press release)Coral Reef Swim participants swim from Buck Island, a US underwater coral reef park, to the finish line at The Buccaneer, a luxury destination resort on St.

Israeli-Jordanian team set up first artificial coral reef in the ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
Israel 21C,...new structure left behind by an alien race, or cargo dropped from a sinking container shop, this is the first artificial coral reef in the Red Sea.

Taking responsibility  -  Aug 10, 2007
Malaysia Star,...the importance of marine conservation, corporate bodies like Petaling Jaya Hilton are doing their part to rehabilitate the coral reef in Pulau Tioman.

Workshops focus on climate change reef impact  -  Aug 1, 2007
ABC Online,Coral reef managers and conservation practitioners from Australia and South-East Asia have gathered in central Queensland to discuss the effect of climate

Coral Reef Status Two Decades After Massive 1982-83 El Niño ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
CO2 Science Magazine,Coral reefs of the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to Guzman and Cortes (2007), "suffered unprecedented mass mortality at a regional scale as a consequence

Coral Reefs Vanishing Faster Than Rain Forests  -  Aug 7, 2007
National Geographic,The study is the first to conduct a regional, long-term assessment of coral reef health in the Indo-Pacific region, which is home to 75 percent of the

South Asia Coral Reef Task Force launched  -  Aug 6, 2007
Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka (press release),COLOMBO: The South Asia Co-operative Environmental Programme (SACEP) launched the `South Asia Coral Reef Task Force' recently to promote and support the

Islanders adopt their own coral reef rules  -  Aug 1, 2007
The Japan Times,..."The coral reef is rapidly becoming emaciated. The number of species caught is also on the decline," said Tsunekazu Yamashiro, 75, leader of the Shiraho

ALP promises heritage listing nomination for reef if elected  -  Jul 31, 2007
ABC Online,The coral reef off north-western Western Australia is known for its whale sharks and other sea life. Federal Labor says if it wins government it would

Mass coral bleaching off Okinawa  -  Aug 4, 2007
The Daily Yomiuri,Kenji Ohori, 40, an Ishigakijima coral reef tour guide, said he had confirmed Tuesday that most of a reef stretching from Yonehara beach on the north of the

Keeping on top of wildlife threats  -  Aug 16, 2007
innovations report,...as well as conservation managers the power to do this is the work of Professor Bob Pressey of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.

Book on reef pollution illustrated by woman with local ties  -  Aug 5, 2007
Orangeburg Times Democrat,Formatted like a comic-book, the 24-page "Peppy's Coral Kingdom" is written for kids ages 8-10 to teach them about coral reef pollution, Woodley said.

Divers asked not to touch reef monitoring tiles  -  Aug 6, 2007
Gulf News,By Emmanuelle Landais, Staff Reporter Dubai: Scuba divers and swimmers are being asked to cooperate with a coral reef monitoring survey on the east coast of

Cold leads to coral reef bleaching  -  Jul 30, 2007
ABC Regional Online,The cold weather is having a detrimental effect on the coral in the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers have found coral bleaching around Heron Island,

Student Club Centers Around Drug-Free Life  -  Aug 17, 2007
Local10.com,..."DFYIT is my rock, my base," said member Luisa Santos, a student at Coral Reef Senior High in Miami-Dade County. Santos and fellow Coral Reef student,

UT to open marine larviculture lab  -  Aug 15, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Study: exploited reef fish recover slowly (July 12, 2007) -- A US-led study has found fish populations in coral reef systems might need decades to recover

Catastrophic nature of Global Warming  -  Aug 15, 2007
Ceylon Daily News,Coral reef is thought to host the most species-rich communities of the marine environment. They are comparable to tropical rainforest in that damage to

Coral reef in shallow seas off Oman bore brunt of cyclone  -  Jul 25, 2007
Gulf News,By Sunil K. Vaidya, Bureau Chief Muscat: The adverse impact of Cyclone Gonu on Oman's marine life has emerged with divers discovering damaged coral reef

Endangered coral reef needs tourists` help  -  Jul 24, 2007
Zee News,Midway Atoll, July 24: The long stretch of atolls and coral reefs northwest of the main Hawaiian islands is so precious humans generally aren`t allowed to

Work done  -  Aug 18, 2007
Sun.Star,But it's not stopping there. As Luli herself said in her short speech, an artificial reef is good, but a real live coral reef is better... Abangan!

Coral Worse Off Than Believed  -  Aug 8, 2007
Science Now,Over 3000 square kilometers of living coral reef are lost each year, the team found, and the speed of destruction is no lower in protected habitats such as

Coral reefs declining faster than rainforests  -  Aug 8, 2007
Mongabay.comScientists have expressed a great deal of concern over the potential impact of climate change on coral reef ecosystems. Both increasingly levels of acidity,

Oil Spill Clean-up Agents Threaten Coral Reefs  -  Jul 30, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...these results when evaluating possible use of oil dispersants as a mitigation tool against oil pollution near coral reef areas," the report said.

APCs, permitting, and all that jazz  -  Aug 15, 2007
Saipan Tribune,This summer internship is funded by the Coral Reef Initiative Program. Before commencing any project within an Area of Particular Concern, APCs,

Seaweed, injection wells suspects in reef decline  -  Jul 31, 2007
Maui News,Ten Maui sites have been studied regularly for the state by Eric Brown, a coral reef researcher at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Coral Reefs Dying Faster  -  Aug 8, 2007
eFluxMedia (press release)Technically, a coral reef’s state of health is indicated by the presence of what is called the coral cover, which should be around 50% from the entire coral

Pacific Ocean coral reefs dying faster than expected: study  -  Aug 8, 2007
CBC British Columbia,Australia's Great Barrier Reef is just as susceptible to coral reef loss as the poorly-managed marine reserves in the Philippines, the study found.

What We Can Learn From The Biggest Extinction In The History Of Earth  -  Aug 9, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Two other students will examine coral reef structures. The Great Bank of Guizhou contains the fossilized reefs from just before and just after this

Beef One Day, Reef The Next  -  Jul 28, 2007
50 Connect,...are protected from the elements of rough weather by the surrounding coral reef – making the water a constant turquoise blue with maximum visibility.

World Wildlife Fund: Extend Ningaloo's boundary  -  Aug 1, 2007
ABC Online,The West Australian Government set up a committee in 2004 to advise on the boundaries of the 260 kilometre coral reef for the World Heritage Listing,

A clear vision  -  Aug 7, 2007
Jerusalem Post,..."Benjie is a keen diver, and he saw the degradation of the Eilat coral reef over the years. Then came the Kishon river disaster in 2000 [when it was

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