• Coral reefs: Are we doing too little too late? -- The world's coral reefs are taking a beating. Scientists and government officials around the world know about the problem, but is too little being done and is it already too late? Popular (Added: 25-May-2003 Hits: 4131 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 10) Rate It

• Damage to coral reefs threatens jobs, income, and pharmaceutical research -- Destruction of the world's coral reefs threatens hundreds of thousands of jobs, jeopardizes billions of dollars in income to poor countries, and could keep researchers from finding valuable medicines, the Worldwide Fund for Nature says. Popular (Added: 26-Aug-2003 Hits: 3076 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• Bleached Bond -- Greening Earth Society (Added: 16-Jun-2004 Hits: 670 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Coral Reefs: Assessing the Threat -- "Around the world, coral reefs are under assault from a multitude of sources. Depending on their location, reefs have been damaged directly through harmful practices such as coral mining, fishing with dynamite, or overfishing in general; haphazard coastal development; or even careless pleasure diving by tourists." (Added: 19-May-2003 Hits: 1873 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• CORALS IN PERIL AS REEFS SUFFER WORLDWIDE -- "Coral reefs worldwide are bleaching and dying in record numbers, experts say, because of warmer-than-normal water temperatures. Severe coral bleaching, which occurs when the limestone skeleton turns white and the tiny coral animals die, was recorded this year in at least 50 countries." (Added: 24-May-2003 Hits: 1448 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Damage to reefs could threaten jobs, income and pharmaceutical research -- Destruction of the world's coral reefs threatens hundreds of thousands of jobs, jeopardizes billions of dollars in income to poor countries and could keep researchers from finding valuable medicines, the Worldwide Fund for Nature says. (Added: 28-May-2003 Hits: 1247 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Global warming threatens Great Barrier Reef -- Australia's Great Barrier Reef — the world's largest chain of living coral —could be devastated by global warming over the next 50 years unless drastic action is taken, a report says. (Added: 20-Aug-2003 Hits: 1252 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Monitoring the Health of Coral Reefs from Space -- "A geography professor at the National University of Singapore is developing a new way to take the pulse of the world's coral reefs. Her work aims to harness the power of satellite remote-sensing and could revolutionize how reef health is monitored — dramatically improving the management of these critically endangered ecosystems." (Added: 27-May-2003 Hits: 805 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Norway Protects Cold Water Reefs -- Norway today announced that it will protect one of its cold water reefs before it is further damaged by trawling vessels. Discovered and mapped only last summer, Norway's 1,000 year old Tisler Reef lies along the Norway-Sweden border at a depth of 74 to 155 metres (243 to 508 feet). (Added: 22-Aug-2003 Hits: 700 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Oceanic Junk or Aquatic Refuge? -- www.abetterearth.org (Added: 20-May-2005 Hits: 545 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Pollution puts coral reefs off Florida's coast in peril -- "Coral reefs everywhere are in peril. Many reefs are dead, some are dying, and most are subjected to pollution. How that extermination process is taking place along the coast of America's only continental reef structure, is a story of overpopulation, greed, and negligence." (Added: 24-May-2003 Hits: 1223 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Property Rights and the Great Barrier Reef (Added: 6-Aug-2003 Hits: 721 Rating: 6.00 Votes: 2) Rate It

• Report Warns of Deep Sea Coral Destruction -- Bottom trawling is threatening the nation's deep sea coral, according to a new report released today by Oceana, a national ocean conservation group. It lists bottom trawling as "the most widespread human threat to deep sea coral communities" and Oceana has launched a campaign against the fishing practice. (Added: 29-Aug-2003 Hits: 962 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Saving deep-sea coral -- In addition to overfishing, mammoth industrial fleets could be exacerbating the decline of fish populations by ripping up deep-sea coral in the North Atlantic. The problem stems from giant factory trawler ships, often as big as a city block, that dredge the ocean floor. (Added: 15-May-2003 Hits: 1026 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Status of Coral Reefs of the World -- "The 2002 report on the status of the world’s coral reefs is a mix of bad news and good news, but there is strong evidence that the corner is being turned in our ability to stop reef decline, provided this continues to be supported by sufficient political will." (Added: 15-May-2003 Hits: 1306 Rating: 9.50 Votes: 2) Rate It

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