Covering 6.4 million acres, an underwater seascape of cold-water coral mounds off the southeast United States coast has been deemed the largest deep-sea coral reef habitat discovered to date, according to a paper recently published in the scientific journal Geomatics. The reef extends for about 310 miles from Florida to South Carolina and at some points reaches […]

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For the first time, grooved brain corals rescued from a disease outbreak and maintained in human care have been bred with wild corals that survived the disease, in a collaborative restoration initiative between scientists at the University of Miami (UoM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and The Florida Aquarium. This breakthrough research effort […]

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The UK has formally signed the Coral Reef Life Declaration, joining a global effort to bolster research and safeguard the world’s coral reefs from climate change, ocean acidification, human activity and rising sea temperatures. The UK’s intention to sign the Declaration was first announced in April ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, with the UK […]

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The Commonwealth meeting in London is generating a number of important agreements and initiatives. Spearheaded by the Prime Minister and the environment ministers this is a major push to invigorate and restore links with our former partners. Three items: 1.  Commonwealth unites to end scourge of plastic Countries from across the Commonwealth have today pledged […]

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