How do solar and lunar eclipses influence animal behavior? While the human world gathers to see tonight’s lunar eclipse, what’s the rest of nature doing? Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/lunar-solar-eclipse-animals…
Tag: Reefs
A mysterious coral disease is ravaging Caribbean reefs
Scientists are racing to learn what’s behind a disease that’s “annihilating” whole coral species in hopes of stopping it. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mysterious-coral-disease-ravaging-caribbean-reefs4…
Study Says We’ve Already Built Too Many Power Plants, Cars To Meet Paris Climate Targets
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: In 2010, scientists warned we’d already built enough carbon-dioxide-spewing infrastructure to push global temperatures up 1.3 degrees C, and stressed that the fossil-fuel system would only continue to expand unless “extraordinary efforts are undertaken to develop alternatives.” In a sequel to that paper published in Nature today, researchers found we’re now…
Shy fish no bigger than a pinkie provide much of the food in coral reefs
More than half of the fish flesh that predators in coral reefs eat comes from tiny, hard-to-spot species. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tiny-shy-fish-provide-much-food-coral-reefs4…
The tiniest fish are the most important for healthy coral reefs
It turns out that tiny fish are crucial to supporting larger animals on and around a healthy coral reef Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2204346-the-tiniest-fish-are-the-most-important-for-healthy-coral-reefs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
What caused the Great Dying?
New evidence that volcanic eruptions caused the Great Dying, a mass extinction 252 million years ago that killed off 95% of life on Earth. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/study-volcanoes-caused-mass-extinction-great-dying…
Coral Reefs Have ‘Halos,’ and They Can Be Seen from the Heavens
What’s the story behind reefs’ mysterious “halos” of empty sand? Source: https://www.livescience.com/65310-coral-reef-halos.html
Reef halo riddle: What’s behind the mysterious rings around coral?
We long assumed that circles of bare sand around coral reefs are caused by fish nibbling away seaweed. But a 10-year investigation has found the truth is far murkier Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232270-300-reef-halo-riddle-whats-behind-the-mysterious-rings-around-coral/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The Great Barrier Reef Was Seen as ‘Too Big to Fail.’ A Study Suggests It Isn’t.
Even the largest ecosystems have limits when it comes to recovering from the impact of climate change, according to new research from Australia. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/world/australia/great-barrier-reef-corals-bleaching.html?partner=rss&emc=rss