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More than 40% of coral species face extinction, according to new research
Following a global assessment, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has revealed that 44% of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction. The announcement was made at the ...
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Update: NOAA delays listing pillar coral as “endangered”
On Friday NOAA announced that it is delaying protections for pillar coral. The 60-day delay means that the effective date of ...
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Increased federal protections are delayed for 'threatened' pillar corals due to a White House memo
Pillar corals were supposed to become "endangered" on Tuesday, but that was before a recent freeze pushed it back to March.
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Great Barrier Reef headed for ‘massive death’
"So, you take out coral reefs and a third to a quarter of ... "We have got now also the phenomenon of a mass extinction event looming," he says, which he describes as a "man-made asteroid" that ...
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Caribbean’s Pillar Coral Protected as Endangered
MIAMI— The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a final rule today to change the status of the pillar coral, a species found in Florida waters and elsewhere in the Caribbean, from threatened to ...
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Cuba’s Underwater Jewels Are in Tourism’s Path
Home to silky sharks, myriad fish, and the critically endangered elkhorn coral, the reef teems with life and vibrancy. This story appears in the November 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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Harte initiative saving 300 rare coral reefs through Operation Coral Rescue
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Rare coral reefs move into the new home at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi for further research through ...