Abundance and distribution of Hawaiian coral species predicted by model
EurekAlert | 22 May 2013
(University of Hawaii ? SOEST) Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology developed species distribution models of the six dominant Hawaiian coral species around the main Hawaiian Islands, including two species currently under consideration as threatened or endangered.
 Pacific Ocean | Coral | Research

Microbes capture, store, and release nitrogen to feed reef-building coral
EurekAlert | 16 May 2013
(American Society for Microbiology) Microscopic algae that live within reef-forming corals scoop up available nitrogen, store the excess in crystal form, and slowly feed it to the coral as needed, according to a study published in mBio.
 Coral | Research

Coral reefs suffering, but collapse not inevitable, researchers say
EurekAlert | 10 May 2013
(Cell Press) Coral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action. That's according to findings reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 9 based on an analysis that combines the latest science on reef dynamics with the latest climate models.
 Climate Change | Coral | Research

Australian minister: I never saw advice against coal port at Great Barrier Reef
Guardian Unlimited | 26 Apr 2013
Australia's environment minister said he never saw advice that a proposed coal port posed "extreme" risks - including threats to endangered turtles and a species of dolphin – at the Great Barrier Reef. Campaigners said Tony Burke should have ruled out the Fitzroy Terminal as soon as the government received the strongly worded warnings, rather than allow the company to undertake a lengthy environmental impact statement.
 Pacific Ocean | Coral | Governance

Air pollution 'affects coral growth'
BBC | 08 Apr 2013
Researchers find evidence that aerosols from burning fossil fuels are affecting the growth of corals in the Caribbean.
 Atlantic Ocean | Coral

Scientists create new maps depicting potential worldwide coral bleaching by 2056
EurekAlert | 25 Feb 2013
(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) New maps by scientists with NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies show how rising sea temperatures are likely to affect all coral reefs in the form of annual coral bleaching events under different emission scenarios.
 Climate Change | Coral | Research

Netherlands names four new Caribbean Ramsar Sites
Ramsar Convention | 14 Feb 2013
The government of the Netherlands has designated four new coastal and near-coastal Wetlands of International Importance on the Netherlands Antilles island of Curaçao, a constitutent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the Leeward Antilles 70km north of Venezuela.
 Atlantic Ocean | Conservation | Coral | Seabirds

Mining - not agriculture - is the major worry for the Great Barrier Reef
Guardian Unlimited | 06 Feb 2013
Pollutant run-off from agriculture is a well-known cause of reef damage, but the expansion of ports for coal export along the Queensland coast is now having a serious impact.
 Pacific Ocean | Coral | Dredging | Water Pollution

US navy will dismantle minesweeper stranded on coral reef
Guardian Unlimited | 30 Jan 2013
The damage to the ship that ran aground in the Philippines is so extensive the vessel will have to be cut up and removed.
 Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Coral

Navy crew leaves grounded warship
New Zealand Herald | 20 Jan 2013
All 79 officers and crew of a US Navy minesweeper stuck on a coral reef in the central Philippines have left the ship two days after efforts to free the vessel failed. The ship ran aground on Thursday while making its way through the Tubbataha National Marine Park, a coral sanctuary in the Sulu Sea, 640km southwest of Manila.
 Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Coral