More than 11 billion plastics are currently putting coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific at risk of becoming diseased and destroying the ... about 0.2 per cent of the ocean floor but account ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — To help rare elkhorn corals survive in Florida waters, coral researchers should place them in shallow ocean locations ... Coral Reef Destruction a Threat to Human Rights Sep ...

plastic light covers, chart books, and rope tangled among shattered elkhorn coral. The barge’s cargo — pea rock and sand — has spilled into the ocean, burying reef-building corals and ...

A rescued turtle expelled plastic pollution that it had ... Ghost nets also damage delicate marine ecosystems like coral reefs and seagrass beds as they destroy these habitats, preventing the ...

Holt, one of Magellan’s offshore managers, said the aim was to test the physical requirements and environmental impacts of ...

Like many developing regions, Asia is undergoing a transformation in its approach to environmental monitoring.  By Jed Thomas ...

As ocean acidification threatens the survival of the world’s coral reefs and the thousands of ... At a time when at least eight million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year, seagrass ...

Dredging the ocean floor for sand disrupts delicate marine ... clouding the water and smothering coral reefs, seagrass meadows and other critical habitats. Coral reefs, already under siege from ...

One of the primary contributors to coral bleaching is the rise in sea temperatures. The world’s oceans absorb approximately 93% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases. Even a slight increase in ocean ...