coral

Coral reefs provide the world with goods and services worth US$375 billion annually, but scientists estimate that 70% of all corals reefs could be lost by 2050. Now a new initiative aims to conserve an astounding 83% of the world's coral species, aided by a US$20 million pledge by The Nature Conservancy.

Follow a month-long science expedition to discover new fish species, more corals than anywhere else in the world, endangered turtles and other sea life new to science.

A ragtag crew of Bahamian islanders fight to save their coral reef at all odds.

A University of Queensland researcher says the earth's corals could become extinct within decades because of increasing acid levels in the ocean. Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg says carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced by 90 per cent by 2050 to protect coral reefs.

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"Science Daily — Reef fish and other marine species can breathe easier with the introduction of a fishing ban around Apo Reef, the largest coral reef in the Philippines and the second largest contiguous reef in the world after the Great Barrier Reef."

Rise Up Sweet Island is the complete account of an amazing story about a small Bahamian 7 mile island that is fighting tooth and nail against a California megadevelopment. The island believes the development will destroy their coral reef and mangrove habitat...the dispute is currently in appeals in the Bahamian court system...

Over the past 20 years, coral around the world has disappeared at 5x the rate of Earth's rainforests. Australia's Great Barrier Reef, stretching over 1,600 miles, is among the reefs gravely threatened. A recent assessment of the area shows the continued presence of banned organochlorine pesticides.