Title: Palm Beach County Reef Cleanup Location: Plam Beach County dive Shops Description: For times and to RSVP: Jupiter Dive Center, Jupiter, FL, 561-745-7807, [email protected] or www.jupiterdivecenter.com Narcosis Dive Charters, Riveria Beach, FL, 561-630-0606, divenarcosisdivecharters.com Splashdown Divers, Boyton Beach, FL, 561-736-0712, [email protected], www.splashdowndivers.com Date: 2012-07-28
Title: Reef Relief Annual Meeting Location: Pier House Caribbean Spa Room located at One Duval Street in Key West. Description: Reef Relief’s 25th annual membership meeting.There will also, be updates on Reef Relief programs and projects in the last year and Reef Relief’s businesses and volunteers of the year will be presented. All members are […]
Rudy Bonn, Reef Relief Director of Marine Projects There is only one ocean, divided into different basins: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and the Southern basin that surrounds the continent of Antarctica. The reason why we use the one ocean concept at Reef Relief is because it has been proven that all that water is […]
April 13, 2012. NOAA As part of our ongoing process to evaluate 82 species of coral from the Caribbean and Pacific for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), NOAA is inviting public review of two reports, a scientific Status Review Report and a draft Management Report. Our review of these 82 species of corals […]
Title: BottleCap Lounge Happy Hour Benefit for Reef ReliefLocation: 1128 Simonton Street Key West, FL 33040Start Time: 5:00pmDate: 2012-07-20End Time: 8:00pm
Calling all divers!! There are many opportunities to have fun diving this summer while helping to protect southeast Florida’s coral reefs. The Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative is organizing a series of reef cleanups throughout Southeast Florida this July. Joining the fun is easy, just contact one of the participating dive charters to register. We hope […]
Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent. guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 June 2012 18.00 EDT Oceanographers say they fear erosion of scientific process after they were forced to turn over emails related to BP oil spill A pair of scientists have accused BP of an attack on academic freedom after the oil company successfully subpoenaed thousands of confidential […]
Scientists report finding a massive bloom of phytoplankton hidden under Arctic ice, suggesting that, as the ice thins and melts, the region is becoming vastly more biologically productive. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / June 7, 2012 Scientists have discovered a vast pea-soup-green bloom of tiny plant-like marine organisms under Arctic Ocean ice. The bloom represents […]
ScienceDaily (June 6, 2012) — Communities of microbial organisms — species such as nematodes, protists and fungi — on beaches along the Gulf of Mexico changed significantly following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, research from the University of New Hampshire’s Hubbard Center for Genome Studies (HCGS) and partners found. The findings, which […]