Thanks to Jaws, they're the ocean's most iconic and feared fish. But we know surprisingly little about them.
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In the blink of an eye in planetary terms, more than 70 percent of the ice-free land surface has come under human control. The mass of all artificial objects has come toexceed all biomass. This impact of this is huge, with aroundone million endangered speciesunder threat from human activit...
In late August the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration took a first step toward changing that,listing 20 coral species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The listing means that other federal agencies will have to consult with NOAA before they fund or authorize ac...
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This definition is consistent with modern concepts of energy, nutrient flow and biogeochemistry, which barely existed during Tansley's career." The allure of the ecosystem to scientists has to do with the "system" part of the word. A marine ecosystem like a coral reef runs very similar ...
The findings were presented at the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which is meeting in Doha, Qatar. Several proposals to give endangered species more protection were defeated. A proposal from the US and Sweden to regulate the trade in red and pink coral was ...
Hard corals grow by producing calcium carbonate (CaCO3) from seawater and later add it to their skeletons, where it crystallizes. This process—and coral survival—are endangered by ocean acidification.Crystallization rates and sheltered compartments may explain why some hard corals, such as ...
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