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The world’s coral reefs are undergoing a severe crisis, marked by the fourth global bleaching event on record—the second such event within the last decade. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), extensive coral bleaching has been documented globally from February 2023 to April 2024. This […]
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‘Should be a global wake-up call’: Coral reefs suffer fourth mass bleaching event
April 16th, 2024 
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Posted in Climate Change, global warming 
Tags: bleaching, coral, fourth, global, reefs, should, suffer 
No Comments »Red Sea epidemic kills off sea urchins, imperilling coral
May 25th, 2023 Awake Goy A deadly epidemic that is spreading through the Red Sea has killed off an entire species of sea urchin in the Gulf of Aqaba, imperilling the region’s uniquely resilient coral reefs, an Israeli research team has found, Reuters reports. The whole population of black sea urchins, a species known for helping keep coral reefs healthy […]
Posted in jordan, Middle East, News, saudi-arabia Tags: coral, epidemic, imperilling, kills, urchins No Comments »Climate change causes coral bleaching in Indian Ocean: expert
February 23rd, 2023 Awake Goy TEHRAN – An expert at the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science believes that the lack of oxygen and the bleaching phenomenon of corals in the Indian Ocean are the consequences of climate change. Source Views: 0
Mysterious 4,000-foot coral reef found in middle of Australian desert
September 23rd, 2022 Awake Goy (Natural News) Researchers have found a mysterious 4,000-foot coral reef that dates back millions of years in the middle of an Australian desert. The reef was found in southern Australia’s Nullarbor Plain, which is now a 76,000-square-mile desert composed of limestone bedrock. A tropical ocean washed over it during the Cenozoic era about 14 million years ago. Researchers […]
Mysterious 4,000-foot coral reef found in middle of Australian desert
September 23rd, 2022 Awake Goy (Natural News) Researchers have found a mysterious 4,000-foot coral reef that dates back millions of years in the middle of an Australian desert. The reef was found in southern Australia’s Nullarbor Plain, which is now a 76,000-square-mile desert composed of limestone bedrock. A tropical ocean washed over it during the Cenozoic era about 14 million years ago. Researchers […]
Mysterious 4,000-foot coral reef found in middle of Australian desert
September 23rd, 2022 Awake Goy (Natural News) Researchers have found a mysterious 4,000-foot coral reef that dates back millions of years in the middle of an Australian desert. The reef was found in southern Australia’s Nullarbor Plain, which is now a 76,000-square-mile desert composed of limestone bedrock. A tropical ocean washed over it during the Cenozoic era about 14 million years ago. Researchers […]
Mysterious 4,000-foot coral reef found in middle of Australian desert
September 23rd, 2022 Awake Goy (Natural News) Researchers have found a mysterious 4,000-foot coral reef that dates back millions of years in the middle of an Australian desert. The reef was found in southern Australia’s Nullarbor Plain, which is now a 76,000-square-mile desert composed of limestone bedrock. A tropical ocean washed over it during the Cenozoic era about 14 million years ago. Researchers […]
Decade of Climate Breakdown Saw 14 per cent of Coral Reefs Vanish
October 8th, 2021 Awake Goy Reef fish and corals in the waters of the Seychelles archipelago. UNDP Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs combined – an UN-backed report revealed on Tuesday. In the Sixth Status of Corals of […]
Thailand places a ban on coral damaging sunscreens in marine national parks
August 14th, 2021 Awake Goy Sunscreens that contain damaging chemicals to marine life have been banned in Thailand’s marine national parks. The Thai Department of Conservation said four ingredients commonly found in sun creams were shown to destroy coral larvae, obstruct coral reproduction and cause reef bleaching, reports BBC. According to The Good News Network, those banned chemicals are: oxybenzone, […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: coral, damaging, Marine, national, places, sunscreens, Thailand No Comments »Coral disease spreading in Caribbean linked to wastewater from ships
July 25th, 2021 Awake Goy Image Credit: ScienceNews A deadly coral disease took over Florida’s reef tract in 2014 and now is rapidly spreading around the Caribbean; the infection may be a result of ballast water from ships, according to new research. The infection, called stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has the potential to be the most deadly coral […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: caribbean, coral, disease, linked, ships, spreading, wastewater No Comments »Philippines Coral Reef Covered With Face Masks
March 9th, 2021 Awake Goy Divers in the Philippines have discovered single use face masks and other PPE covering precious coral reefs and being consumed by marine life as the impact of lockdown takes its toll on the environment. While the media and groups like the World Economic Forum have have hailed the impact of lockdown, celebrating it for reducing […]
Sunscreens destroy coral reefs by releasing harmful chemicals that disrupt microorganisms found in water
May 9th, 2018 Awake Goy (Natural News) Summer is a time for sun, sea, and surf. Now, it’s also becoming a time to harm corals and the marine life they protect. That’s because the sunscreen which tourists apply generously on their skin before getting into the beach has chemicals that harm the corals living thousands of feet below […]
Posted in World News Tags: chemicals, coral, destroy, harmful, reefs, releasing, sunscreens No Comments »Another danger for coral reefs: Plastic trash transports microorganisms that spread disease across the ocean floor
February 9th, 2018 Awake Goy (Natural News) The phrase “deep, blue sea” may slowly become a thing of the past, as more seas and oceans are being filled up with waste plastic. Its adverse effects have surely been felt by nearly all marine life, but a team of international researchers led by Cornell University has discovered one more unfortunate effect of plastic. They […]
Billions of pieces of plastic on coral reefs send disease soaring, research reveals
January 26th, 2018 Awake Goy Scientists examined 125,000 corals across the Asia-Pacific region, home to half the world’s reefs, and found 89% of those fouled by plastic were suffering disease. On plastic-free reefs, only 4% of the corals were diseased. The work is highly significant because it is the first to examine the impact of plastic on […]
Our oceans are so polluted that the coral are now eating plastic, new study finds
October 30th, 2017 Awake Goy (Natural News) Scientists believe corals have developed a taste for plastic adrift the oceans, which means corals are ingesting the chemical additives within these plastics, as reported in a Daily Mail article. The researchers at Duke University discovered the concerning situation after the corals in their experiments ate all types of plastics, “but preferred unfouled microplastics by […]
Scientists Call For Geoengineering To Dim The Sun To Stop Coral Bleaching
October 23rd, 2017 Awake Goy Scientists at the University of Bedfordshire in England are calling for sulphate aerosols to be released into the sky to dim the sun, in an attempt to stop coral bleaching. The researchers believe that as a bonus, geoengineering will also be able to stop hurricanes . Natural Blaze reports: Hurricanes are implicated for busting coral […]
Coral South LNG project expected to yield US$16 billion over 30 years
September 2nd, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : Mozambique expects to raise US$16 billion in revenues from the South Coral liquefied natural gas project in the province of Cabo Delgado […]
BP’s Solution To Amazon Reef Spill Is A Coral Killing Chemical
August 15th, 2017 Awake Goy BP plans to use chemicals that kill off coral larvae in the event of an oil spill near a unique coral reef in the mouth of the Amazon river. The British oil giant intends to drill in the region in August 2018. The company’s environmental impact assessment (EIA), submitted to the Brazilian authorities for the project, submitted […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: Amazon, chemical, coral, killing, solution, spill No Comments »Watching The Hawks – Previewing Netflixs Chasing Coral
July 18th, 2017 Awake Goy Watching The Hawks – Previewing Netflixs Chasing Coral Watching The Hawksyoutube.com Jeff Orlowski and Zack Rago join Watching the Hawks to preview Chasing Coral, a stunning Netflix-exclusive that took this dedicated crew of filmmakers, scientists, and divers across 30 countries over the course of 3 years. We take a look at how pollution and climate […]
Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: chasing, coral, hawks, netflixs, previewing, watching No Comments »Monsanto’s Glyphosate Linked to the Death of Our Oceans and Coral Reefs
June 16th, 2017 Awake Goy Alex Pietrowski, Staff WriterWaking Times Monsanto’s glyphosate, aka Roundup, is the most heavily used agricultural chemical in history, with some 3.5 billion plus gallons of the herbicide being used in the Unites States alone since its introduction in 1974. Worldwide use of glyphosate is rising fast, in spite of very legitimate concerns that the […]
