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Assail the Seven Seas
Nearly all of world's oceans tainted by human activity, says study |
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15 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:52 PM on 15 Feb 2008 Human activity has tainted all but 3.7 percent of the world's oceans, and 41 percent of the world's waters have been heavily impacted, says a new study in Science. A graphic map illustrates in all-too-clear terms that the briny deep has taken a terrible toll from 17 human threats, including climate change, overfishing, fertilizer runoff, coastal development, and shipping pol ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, habitat loss, news, oceans, scientific research (all these topics) |
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Reefer Sadness
Scientists will study coral in this International Year of the Reef |
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25 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:56 PM on 25 Jan 2008 If you were wondering what that odd smell is in the air, it's because 2008 is the International Year of the Reefer. Oh, wait, we read that wrong. The reef -- it's the International Year of the Reef. Ahem. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) says that warming seas and increased hurricanes affected more than half of Caribbean coral reefs in 2005 -- a devastation likely to become a re ... |
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| Topics: habitat loss, news, oceans (all these topics) |
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Where's the Reef?
Coral reefs suffer from proximity to humans, says study |
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09 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:26 PM on 09 Jan 2008 The main factor contributing to declines in coral-reef health is proximity to human populations, says new research in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. A study of 322 reef sites in the Caribbean found that many suffered significant damage from overfishing and agricultural runoff. Author Camilo Mora estimates that reefs in the region provide some $4 billion in econom ... |
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| Topics: habitat loss, news, oceans, population, scientific research (all these topics) |
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