indian ocean coralKENTING NATIONAL PARK, Taiwan : At this seaside resort on Taiwan's southern tip, annual typhoons blast sludge and sediment onto fragile, shallow-water coral reefs. Hotels and villages sprinkle the reefs with sewage. A nuclear power plant boils them ... Read more
A coral reef endures against the odds - International Herald TribuneMELBOURNE, Oct 2 (IPS) - Efforts to create an inventory of life on Australia’s major coral reefs -- to be used as part of a baseline to determine the impacts of global warming and overfishing upon reefs -- have turned up hundreds of previously ... Read more
Discoveries Highlight Danger to Reefs - Inter Press ServiceENVIRONMENT-AUSTRALIA: Discoveries Highlight Danger to Reefs Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Oct 2 (IPS) - Efforts to create an inventory of life on Australia’s major coral reefs -- to be used as part of a baseline to determine the impacts of ... Read more
Send To: - Inter Press ServiceThe Escape to Miami Triathlon got a little unexpected star power to go with the fair weather Sunday morning. Film star Matt Damon participated in the running portion of the race as a member of a relay team along with his stepfather Jay Jones and ... Read more
ESCAPE TO MIAMI TRIATHLON - Miami HeraldThe crown-of-thorns starfish, a notorious threat to coral in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, comprises four species, not one, biologists reported on Tuesday. The spiny predator, known by its Latin name of Acanthaster planci, has been a worsening peril ... Read more
Coral-killing starfish turns out to be four species, not one - Daily TimesShe regards the sea her territory and savours every bit of the conservation work she does. For all the time she spends in water she could have been amphibious. The tall, slender marine biologist credited with doing a lot for marine life, loves ... Read more
Marine award winner’s passion saves turtle - East African StandardTHE 21st-century template for absolute tropical resort luxury must include a private pool or an overwater villa. Better still if the holiday gods wave their wands and you get both. Which is the case at The Beach House at Manafaru in the Maldives, a ... Read more
Once in a blue lagoon - The AustralianM y thanks to an old friend Amr Ali, managing director of the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Program (better known as HEPCA), for sending me good news concerning Egypt’s beleaguered Dugong population. These peaceable marine ... Read more
Can we keep the Dugong from disappearing forever? - Egypt TodayRichard Lederer's Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon our Language , is a truly hilarious collection of mixed metaphors, unfortunately worded headlines, and linguistic goofs of every type imaginable. Arguably the funniest ... Read more
"Socrates died of an overdose of wedlock," and other astonishing ... - San Francisco ExaminerTissue Paper Creations . video or DVD. 22:25 min. Crystal Prods. 2008. video: ISBN 978-1-56290-578-1 , DVD: ISBN 978-1-56290-579-8 . $29.95. The Character Chronicles (Series). 6 DVDs. approx. 25 min. ea. (closed captioned). with tchr's. guide. Prod ... Read more
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