Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live underwater? From October 12-21, 2010 you can find out by tuning in to daily broadcasts live from Aquarius, the undersea research lab located off the coast of Key Largo in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The scientific researchers or “aquanauts” that live in the […]
By Justin Nobel Palau is a paradox: The low-lying Pacific island nation is threatened by climate change but may soon be drilling for oil. Seismic tests in the 1970s indicated the presence of petroleum but exploratory wells were never dug. Now, President Johnson Toribiong is pushing for exploration, hopeful oil will bring cheaper fuel, revenue […]
September 22, 2010 By Richard Black, BBC News Governments must protect nature better in order to safeguard their countries’ wealth, says the UN, as ministers meet for a day of talks on biodiversity. Read the full article
By Emmanuelle Landais, Staff Reporter Gulf News Dubai – The sight of hundreds of bloodied dead sharks, waiting to be sold at fish markets across the UAE does not bode well for the ocean’s super-predator. Read the full article
Reef Relief has kicked off our Fall membership and fund-raising drive. Our goal is to raise $50,000 by winter solstice, December 21, 2010. You can help us reach this goal at no cost to you. iGive.com is going to attempt to donate $5,000 in just 24 hours to Reef Relief and other causes. For each person who joins […]
Reef Relief would like to thank all the amazing volunteers who came out to the 25th year of the International Coastal Clean Up. On Saturday, September 25th, Reef Relief volunteers took local action to heart by cleaning the shoreline of No Name Key. Volunteers removed 500 pounds of debris from the mangroves and recorded specific […]
ScienceDaily (Sep. 27, 2010) — Tile drainage in the Mississippi Basin is one of the great advances of the 19th and 20th centuries, allowing highly productive agriculture in what was once land too wet to farm. In fact, installation of new tile systems continues every year, because it leads to increased crop yields. But a […]
ScienceDaily (Sep. 25, 2010) — Craig Altier, a member of the Food and Drug Administration’s Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee and an associate professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, comments on potential FDA approval of the first genetically engineered animal for use as food. Read the full article
ScienceDaily (Sep. 25, 2010) — Healthy reefs with more corals and fish generate predictably greater levels of noise, according to researchers working in Panama. This has important implications for understanding the behaviour of young fish, and provides an exciting new approach for monitoring environmental health by listening to reefs Read the full article
KeyWest City.com – Date of Record: September 23, 2010 The City of Key West on Wednesday took delivery of a brand new pumpout vessel, serving as a reminder that pumping out your liveaboard is easy, inexpensive, and a vital part of protecting our nearshore waters. The state-of-the-art 26-foot Pumpout USA 26T-1000 vessel is paid for entirely with […]