Garbage dumps are generally not associated with thriving coral reefs, vast mangrove plantations and rare bird species. Yet on Pulau Semakau off Singapore, this is exactly what you will find: just beside a secluded ecological zone that harbors dozens of…
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Pacific Islands Paradise Protected
A small Pacific Islands nation has distinguished itself on the global conservation map with the declaration today that it is creating the third largest marine protected area in the world, conserving an archipelago of some of the planet’s most pristine…
Black market aquarium supplier gets jail time
A Miami man will forfeit his boat and spend 10 months in jail for illegally harvesting brilliantly colorful corallimorphs, prized for saltwater aquariums, from the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Alexandre Alvarenga, 40, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge…
Floating, Underwater Hotel, where you sleep in an Underwater Aquarium
Floating, underwater hotel, where you sleep in an underwater aquarium. The Utter Inn is the brainchild of Mikael Genberg, a local artist and sculptor who has chosen to focus on “making art for the public”. It lies 3m below the…
Ecosystems of Vietnam’s long coastline are in peril
It was the destruction of coral reef and over-fishing that moved artist Nguyen Lieu to paint brightly coloured canvasses warning Vietnamese that their coastal environment is in peril. “Nha Trang is the most beautiful bay recognized worldwide but exploitation there…
Barrier Reef `can adapt to warming’
THE Great Barrier Reef may be much better suited to surviving climate change and warmer conditions than previously thought. Researchers in north Queensland have found many corals contain microscopic algae that protect them from temperature fluctuations. The study by the…
Reef Tank Temperatures — Another View
By: RICHARD HARKER The November 1997 issue of Aquarium Frontiers Online included an article entitled, “What are Natural Reef Salinities and Temperatures…Really…and Does It Matter?†(Shimek 1997). In the article, the author argued that hobbyists maintain reef tanks at artificially…
Silicon in the reef aquarium, friend of foe?
By: CRAIG BINGMAN, Ph.D. For some aquarists, one of the advantages to having a reef aquarium is that one gets to play the role of a minor god. The fate of a mesocosm of organisms is in your hands, as…
‘Sundried tide’ — silent, natural disaster
Their analyses have revealed for the first time that these are highly predictable events that can seriously impact the state of coral reefs at a time when they are preparing for the stresses of summer. In a paper published in…
Water Too Hot? Reefs Hope for a Hurricane
A hurricane can destroy a coral reef. The fragile superstructure created by millions of marine microorganisms does not fare well when slammed by high winds and powerful waves. But coral reefs worldwide have bigger fish to fry, so to speak,…
