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Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Reefs in the News
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Links to various online media resources that discuss the state of the worlds reefs, interesting marine information, etc.
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Reefs in the News
Links to various online media resources that discuss the state of the worlds reefs, interesting marine information, etc.
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Retired missile tracking ship to be sunk (Miami Herald) :: National Marine Sanctuary
Officials overseeing the transformation of a retired U.S. Air Force missile tracking ship into an artificial reef off Key West said Saturday they are planning to sink the ship May 15. The General Hoyt S. Vandenberg is currently at a Norfolk, Va., shipyard, where workers are preparing it for sinking by removing environmental hazards. Plans are to scuttle the ship in the Florida Keys National ...
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Whale counts successful despite weather (The Garden Island) :: National Marine Sanctuary
Angela Tillson, the site leader for the Ahukini Ocean Count, was trying to make light of the blustery weather that greeted her group of nine whale counters yesterday morning.
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Ship to become reef in May (Sun-Sentinel) :: National Marine Sanctuary
Vessel to be sunk near Key West Officials overseeing the transformation of a retired U.S. Air Force missile-tracking ship into an artificial reef off Key West said Saturday that they are planning to sink the ship May 15.
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DeWitt Junior High School receives reef aquarium (DeWitt-Bath Review) :: from Yahoo! News
DEWITT — The DeWitt Middle School's media center recently received a 50-gallon reef aquarium from the Mid-Michigan Marine Club (MMMC). The classroom reef provides a hands-on and fun learning experience for students.
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World's Coral Reefs Face Renewed Threats (NPR) :: from Yahoo! News
Researchers gathered in Washington this week to launch "The Year of the Coral Reef." That work has taken on renewed importance in the wake of two new studies showing that reefs are facing more threats than ever.
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2005 a deadly year for Caribbean coral (TODAYonline) :: from Yahoo! News
View of a coral reef. The Caribbean's fragile coral reefs were devastated in 2005 by a doubly whammy of record-high temperatures and 13 full-on hurricanes, according to a UN-sponsored report released Monday.
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Admiral says oil spill alert was too slow (Vallejo Times-Herald) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
A new report on the response to a November ship collision and fuel leak in San Francisco Bay found shortcomings in the Coast Guard's public communications but concludes that crews re-sponded rapidly to the spill, the agency's top officer in California says.
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Caribbean Coral Reefs Under Increasing Threat - UN (Scoop.co.nz) :: from Yahoo! News
28 January 2008 - Warming temperatures and increasing storms are posing serious threats to Caribbean coral reefs and the people who depend on them for their livelihoods, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today.
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'Generalist bacteria' discovered in coastal waters may be more flexible than known before | Science Blog :: from del.icio.us Bookmark
Now, new research led by a marine microbial ecologist at the University of Georgia is showing for the first time that the roles played by bacteria in coastal waters aren't nearly as specific as some scientists suspected.
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Oil Spill Fouls Shores in San Francisco Area - New York Times :: from del.icio.us Bookmark
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8 — A South Korean container ship hit one of the stanchions of the Bay Bridge in a dense fog on Wednesday, spilling 58,000 gallons of bunker oil.
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Shark pictures show amazing killing display - Telegraph :: from del.icio.us Bookmark
These shots capture the splendour and horror of a two ton great white shark weighing leaping 10ft from the water as it closes inevitably on its victim.
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Ship To Become Artificial Reef In Key West (NBC 6 Miami) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
Officials overseeing the transformation of a retired U.S. Air Force missile tracking ship into an artificial reef off Key West say they plan to sink the ship May 15.
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Bay project reef to be destroyed (Gulf Daily News) :: from Yahoo! News
A CORAL reef standing in the way of development of the $2.5 billion (BD945 million) Bahrain Bay is to be ripped out, following a U-turn by Manama Municipal Council yesterday.The decision comes just two days after experts warned at a conference in Bahrain that the region is sitting on an environmental time-bomb, thanks to massive and "reckless" land reclamation.
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Big Island Has Most Live Coral Of Main Hawaiian Islands (Science Daily) :: from Yahoo! News
New coral reef maps released by NOAA reveal that the Big Island of Hawaii has the highest percentage of live coral of the main Hawaiian islands. The finding supports studies indicating that geologically young islands such as the Big Island generally have more live coral cover than older islands. "Live coral covers 57 percent, or 29 square miles, of the waters surrounding the Big Island of ...
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Cleanup of tar balls resumes at beaches (The Daily Review) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
Cleanup crews spent their second day removing a fresh batch of tar balls from the beaches of San Mateo County as the mystery oil likely claimed its first two bird victims — two rhinoceros auklets found dead on a county beach.
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Ecologists worry floodwaters will hurt reef (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) :: from Yahoo! News
Environmental researchers predict freshwater flowing down the Fitzroy River to the Great Barrier Reef will kill off masses of coral around the Keppel Islands in central Queensland.
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Federal Departments Promote Ways to Save Planet (KHNL News 8 Honolulu) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
HAWAII KAI (KHNL) -- Two Federal departments joined forces Tuesday to promote sustainability and energy effeciency within their respective offices. But if goes as planned, the effects could be felt globally.
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Last Stop: The Great Burial Reef (Time Magazine) :: from Yahoo! News
Talk about swimming with the fishes. A Florida-based company offers to enshrine your late loved ones by submerging their remains in a manmade ocean reef
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Overpopulation killing Caribbean coral reefs (Cyber Diver News Network) :: from Yahoo! News
CARIBBEAN (9 Jan 2008) — Coral reefs in the Caribbean have suffered significant changes due to the proximal effects of a growing human population, reports a new study.
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