Yale Environment 360 Highlights Scramble to Save Coral Reefs
Journalist Ret Talbot offers a “state of the coral reefs” and highlights research efforts to identify what can be saved in the face of worsening conditions for coral reefs.
Symbiosis in the Sea
The current scientific community generally agrees that if the warming of our planet from the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation continues, our coral reefs are doomed. The corals of the magnificent Great Barrier Reef of Australia are beginning to die, and the marine life that is dependent on them will likely perish along with them. While we still can, we should all work to better appreciate and study the many unknowns about the biology of coral reefs and the complexity of the webs of life they support.
VIDEO: “Chasing Coral” Premiers on Netflix
Watch the official trailer for Chasing Coral from Netflix, which premiers today, July 14th, 2017.
Pearls? In Your Tridacna?
Odd, but large, and very valuable pearls may be found in some animals that may make it into reef aquaria.
Veron’s “Corals of the World” is Launched as Online Database
Famed coral researcher J.E.N. Veron’s seminal work is reborn as an interactive online database featuring extensive taxonomic and geographic data on the world’s stony coral species
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Some addtional updates: Bocas Mariculture reports the successful cultivation of Serranus flaviventris, which didn't make it onto the list, and two accomplishments initially attributed to Bocas were in fact reported by Till Deuss from earlier when he was working with Biota Palau, so these have been attributed to the Biota Group with date information.Matt Pedersen says:
It's been brought to my attention that we overlooked the first breeding of Corythoichthys conspicillatus by Pholium Mariculture in the UK, which occurred in 2022. And thus, the first addition to the next list is already known!CORAL Magazine’s Captive-Bred Marine Fish Species List for says:
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