Coral reefs have been increasingly reported as ecosystems in severe "crisis" and decline, with estimates of irreparably damaged reefs to be around 54%, and possible losses of 15--20% more over the next half-century. The urgency to mitigate these declines has increased in recent years as ...
Coral Reefs allows authors the opportunity to add their article to one of six Topical Collections that are hosted on the journal homepage. Status Open for submissions Submission deadline Ongoing Collection Coral Conservation Coral Reefs allows authors the opportunity to add their article to one of si...
status of coral reefs globally41. Functional richness captures the roles species perform in an ecosystem by categorizing species based on a combination of key traits (e.g., diet, body size, and mobility), rather than taxonomy. As such, functional richness quantifies the number of unique trait...
Coral reefs occupy only 0.1% of the Earth’s ocean floor yet support 25% of all marine species1. Despite their importance, over the past few decades climate change, overfishing and environmental mismanagement have seriously impacted the coral coverage and diversity of the world’s reefs, with 70...
Tags: GS Paper - 3 Conservation Environmental Pollution & Degradation For Prelims: Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Corals, Acropora corals, Coral bleaching. For Mains: Significance of Coral Reefs in Marine Ecosystem.Why in News?According to the Australian Institute of Marine Science's (AIMS) annual ...
Issues of coral reef conservation and role of geography Bunaken sea is one of the fisheries source for Manado and around it. But unfortunately, some studies have shown that the coral reefs in some parts of Bunaken Sea have been deteriorating. Some of the causes are coral retrieval, illegal fi...
A number of issues have been taken into account for the preservation of Coral reefs. Expanding marine protected areas, regulating shipping stress, installing advancedsewage treatment system,implementing garbage management planand abolishing destructive practices are of main concern. In 2011, the Parliament...
His sentiments were echoed by Emily Darling, director of coral reefs at the Wildlife Conservation Society, who called the discovery “a bright spot for coral reef survival.” “This shows that there are still environmental conditions where corals can survive and thrive, even potentially through the...
“After every storm, the cost of rebuilding and the loss of property and lives, it is just huge,” Lirman says. “We need to protect our shorelines and nature-based solutions (like) hybrid reefs are one effective, cost efficient way of doing that.” ...
From the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska to the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea, Southeast Asia and the Red Sea, coral reefs swarm with colorful marine life. However, these great natural wonders of the world face an uncertain future due to climate change. The biggest coral reefs ...