Saturday January 28, 2012 9am-1:30pm Join Reef Relief for a backcountry mangrove shoreline clean-up this Saturday, January 28th, 2012 from 9am-1:30pm. Volunteers are needed to help remove marine debris that can injure, entangle, or cause abrasions to sea turtles, birds and bottom dwelling organisms like sea fans, soft corals, and sponges. This event has limited […]
The Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition is excited to announce the release of Florida’s Coastal and Ocean Future: An Updated Blueprint for Economic and Environmental Leadership. This report, the latest from the Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition, addresses Florida’s most challenging coastal and marine topics and recommends actions for protecting and preserving the future of […]
By MATTHEW DALY AP WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Congress are starting the election year locked in a tussle over a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas that will force the White House to make a politically risky choice between two key Democratic constituencies. Some unions say the Keystone XL pipeline […]
Right to left: Reef Relief President Peter Anderson, Key West Mayor Craig Cates, Reef Relief Executive Program Director Mill McCleary, Reef Relief Director of Marine Projects Rudy Bonn at the signing of the Key West Marine Park Resolution REEF RELIEF TO MANAGE MARINE PARK Reef Relief and the City of Key West, having […]
By Lucy Buckland Last updated at 9:19 AM on 22nd December 2011 It certainly is a Christmas card with a difference. A marine scientist has produced this incredible Christmas card made from his own pictures of plankton. Dr Richard Kirby has created a festive scene including a decorated Christmas tree, bells, angels and even the […]
ScienceDaily (Dec. 15, 2011) — In 2011, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 140 new relatives to our family tree. The new species include 72 arthropods, 31 sea slugs, 13 fishes, 11 plants, nine sponges, three corals, and one reptile. They were described by more than a dozen Academy scientists along with several […]
by Steve Connor. independent.co.uk. December 13, 2011 Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region. The scale and volume of the methane release has astonished […]
by Underwatertimes.com News Service – December 14, 2011 12:49 EST COLLEGE STATION, Texas — There’s an unseen foreign invasion going on in the Gulf of Mexico. Its stealth and speed is matched only in the uncertainty it has created among scientists and the people who make their livings from the Gulf’s waters. Lionfish and black […]
by Underwatertimes.com News Service – December 14, 2011 19:51 EST MIAMI, Florida — The science behind counting fish in the ocean to measure their abundance has never been simple. A new scientific paper in Nature Climate Change shows that expanding ‘ocean dead zones’ (areas of low oxygen) driven in part by climate change makes that […]
Coral Reef Fact: Caribbean Reef Octopus (Octopus briareus) can change its appearance from crimson to green, and bumpy to smooth. Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Caribbean_Reef_Octopus Help protect our amazing marine world today donate at https://www.reefrelief.org/act/donate