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Coral Reefs
Although coral can recover after a bleaching episode, the coral often die after bleaching. The causes of bleaching are uncertain, but they seem to be related to other events occurring in the Earth ... of ozone depletion have also been investigated as possible causes or contributing factors to coral bleaching. Major bleaching events occurred in 1982-1983, 1987, and 1995-1996. The 1995-1996 event began ...
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Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Biosphere
Bleaching - A discussion of the factors involved in coral bleaching. • Causes of Coral Bleaching - A scientist reviews the scientific literature dealing with coral bleaching events and disputes that elevated seawater temperatures are the primary cause of coral bleaching ...
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CHAMP - Coral Bleaching - NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program
(Glynn 1993). Coral bleaching events worldwide have been attributed to ... that they can adequately monitor and study these events. During the 1997-98 El Nino event, the effectiveness of this system was shown as bleaching was predicted and occurred on Sombrero ...
www.coral.aoml.noaa.gov

Mass Coral Bleaching, intro
The most interesting findings were these points: - "Mass coral bleaching" appears to be a new phenomenon in ... dying in mass bleaching events, and corals dying of simple food starvation. Is there a difference? - Fishing exploitation is suggested as an independent risk factor for mass bleaching events on coral reefs. - ...
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Mass coral bleaching - the result of simple food starvation?
The “clean water bleaching” presents more of a puzzle, as all the evidence points to its arising from a different cause. Scientific investigation into mass coral bleaching events has noted the ... DONE? The sequence of physiological events in known food-starvation of corals appears to be the same as those observed in wild corals affected by mass bleaching events. Simply put: “Under starvation, ...
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HBOI | Press Relations | Coral Bleaching and Global Warming: The Verdict Is In
One of the major threats is coral bleaching. Reef corals respond to environmental stress by losing their symbiotic algae, thus appearing ŇbleachedÓ. The principal environmental stress that triggers coral bleaching ... reefs. He will then discuss why bleaching is a serious threat to reef corals, how global warming is related to the increasing incidence of bleaching events, and why reef corals in ...
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NOAA Announces Unprecedented Coral Bleaching
While many corals normally recover from short bleaching events, long-term or frequent bleaching may severely weaken the corals leaving them more ... bleaching, making these hot spots prime candidates for bleaching events. From January to July the coral bleaching events were concentrated in the Southern Hemisphere during its warm season. Since July, the reports of extensive coral bleaching ...
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CRC Reef Research Centre
While any stress can cause corals to bleach, high water temperature has been the major cause of coral bleaching events worldwide in recent decades. In 1998 and again in 2002, major bleaching events in inshore reef waters of the Great Barrier Reef ...
www.reef.crc.org.au

News, Events - 6 March 2001
AT Regional Information Service Centre for Southeast Asia on Appropriate Technology Home News Events News, Events Profile Appropriate Technology Information Mailing Lists Information Services Links Employment Opportunities ... jud2002/jud2002.html) ENVIRONMENT Local groups join hands to protect coral reefs Coral bleaching and fishing cause damage 20 February 2001, Koh Tao, Surat Thani Local groups ...
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News, Events - 5 March 2001
AT Regional Information Service Centre for Southeast Asia on Appropriate Technology Home News Events News, Events Profile Appropriate Technology Information Mailing Lists Information Services Links Employment Opportunities ... jud2002/jud2002.html) ENVIRONMENT Local groups join hands to protect coral reefs Coral bleaching and fishing cause damage 20 February 2001, Koh Tao, Surat Thani Local groups ...
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