Analysis of Seachem Laboratories Aqua Vitro Back near the beginning of May, Reef Builders asked me to test a new line of products geared toward reef tanks called Aqua Vitro by Seachem Laboratories. The Aqua Vitro line of products consists…
New Octopus Pro Series Skimmer hits market
 Coral Vue is releasing it’s newest line of protein skimmer, the Octopus Pro series. Starting the last week in February, 2008, Coral Vue will be introducing it’s in-sump version of the skimmer, the Octopus Pro 250, with plans of…
Ocean Impact Map Reveals Human Reach Global
Fishing, fertilizer runoff, pollution, shipping, climate change—these are just a few of the ways that human activities influence the oceans that cover 70 percent of Earth’s surface. And in all that vastness—139 million square miles (360 million square kilometers)—less than…
Living Corals Thousands Of Years Old Hold Clues To Past Climate Changes
New research shows that the second most diverse group of hard corals first evolved in the deep sea, and not in shallow waters. Stylasterids, or lace corals, diversified in deep waters before launching at least three successful invasions of shallow…
The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States, providing new insight into the complex and biologically rich habitats found in deeper waters off the U.S. and elsewhere around the…
NOAA Seeks Greater Protections for Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals
NOAA is proposing to extend most of the prohibitions of the Endangered Species Act – normally applied only to endangered species – to the threatened elkhorn and staghorn corals. NOAA biologists estimate more than 90 percent of elkhorn and staghorn…
World’s Largest Marine Protected Area Created In Pacific Ocean
The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world’s largest marine protected area – a California-sized ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change.…
Natural Ocean “Thermostat” May Protect Some Coral Reefs
 BOULDER—Natural processes may prevent oceans from warming beyond a certain point, helping protect some coral reefs from the impacts of climate change, new research finds. The study, by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Australian…