Qld: Coral bleaching events 'could occur yearly'

AAP General News (Australia);  February 2, 2007 ;     409 words ......Australia) 02-02-2007 Qld: Coral bleaching events 'could occur yearly' By Roberta Mancuso...BRISBANE, Feb 2 AAP - Devastating coral bleaching events could occur yearly on the Great Barrier...It was now "highly likely" coral bleaching events would occur every summer, he said...

WWF Reports Coral Bleaching Underway in U.S. Territory of American Samoa

U.S. Newswire;  March 20, 2003 ;     694 words ......occur. From 1876-1979, only three bleaching events were recorded globally, 60 are on...from 1980 until 1993. While localized bleaching events can be caused by isolated stress factors...the common thread in large-scale bleaching events is elevated temperature. This increase...

STATE DEPT.: NEW GUIDE PROMOTES CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT FOR CORAL REEFS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 12, 2006 ;     568 words ......Lautenbacher, "before, during and after bleaching events to help reduce impacts of bleaching...ecosystem to help it recover from severe bleaching events." Coral bleaching is associated with...ecosystems to survive and recover from bleaching events. The reef manager's guide includes...

Collaboration to provide early warning of coral bleaching

Sea Technology;  May 1, 1999 ;     627 words ......help promote early warnings of future bleaching events, NOAA recently announced. The scientists...corals normally recover from short bleaching events, long-term or frequent bleaching may...has been able to predict coral reef bleaching events over large ocean areas since 1997...

-NOAA: Record-breaking coral bleaching occurred in tropics this year, NOAA...

M2 Presswire;  October 16, 1998 ;     699 words ......corals normally recover from short bleaching events, long-term or frequent bleaching may...has been able to predict coral reef bleaching events in real time over large ocean areas...these hot spots prime candidates for bleaching events. From January to July the coral ...

ENVIRONMENT: CORAL REEFS IN HOT WATER

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  March 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ......frequency and regional severity of mass bleaching events are likely a consequence of a steadily...Department. "Unlike most previous bleaching events, which were most severe at depths...past century suggested that coral bleaching events may become more frequent and severe...

World's corals facing another worrying year: report

Xinhua News Agency;  October 28, 2002 ;     357 words ......the second worst year for the phenomenon after the major bleaching events of 1998, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP...information system called ReefBase which contains data on bleaching events dating back to 1963. ReefBase has been set up by the WorldFish...

While Some Coral Reefs Have Recovered, Others Still Decline

Sea Technology;  August 1, 2008 ;     370 words ......would not recover and that the remaining live reefs could be killed if such intense bleaching events continued," Hodgson said. Although smaller bleaching events have occurred, the damaged reefs began to slowly recover. New larval corals settled...

Qld: Crunch time for reefs, says expert

AAP General News (Australia);  September 1, 2008 ;     416 words ......Hoegh-Guldberg said. "Then if you keep hitting them with things like bleaching events, they just don't bounce back as much. "So we're changing...coral bleaching was a growing threat. "If we have them (bleaching events) now every four to five years, we're getting to a point...

CORAL BLEACHING THREATENS REEF SYSTEMS

United Press International;  January 21, 2003 ;     592 words ......International via COMTEX) -- Serious coral bleaching events are threatening Australia's Great...explained, there have been six worldwide bleaching events. Before then, they were unknown. In...Hoegh-Guldberg said the frequency of the bleaching events means corals might not have ...

Coral bleaching threatens reef systems.

United Press International;  January 21, 2003 ;     588 words ......International via COMTEX) Serious coral bleaching events are threatening Australia's Great...explained, there have been six worldwide bleaching events. Before then, they were unknown. In...Hoegh-Guldberg said the frequency of the bleaching events means corals might not have ...

Qld: Corals 'adapt to climate change'

AAP General News (Australia);  November 23, 2005 ;     373 words ......corals may be able to protect themselves from devastating bleaching events after discovering some can adapt to climate change. The...scientists "scope for optimism" that corals could survive future bleaching events. But he said they were still baffled as to why some changed...

The struggle to save Earth's largest life form.(FEATURES)(PLANET)

The Christian Science Monitor;  March 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ......home by virtually back-to-back coral-bleaching events in the summers of 1998 and 2002, during...coral turned white and died. Both bleaching events involved vast tracts of coral, with...global warming heats the ocean surface, bleaching events will happen more often, giving reefs...

Qld: Reef suffers worst coral bleaching on record

AAP General News (Australia);  May 23, 2002 ;     403 words ......or two, Dr Done said. The worst case scenario for future bleaching events has already been seen overseas, where reefs have been ruined...management, Dr Marshall said. With just four years between major bleaching events, scientists are concerned their frequency will increase...

QLD: Website opens to monitor Barrier Reef health

AAP General News (Australia);  January 22, 2004 ;     245 words ......warming will increase coral bleaching and hope the disastrous bleaching events of 1998 and 2002 will not be repeated in 2004. The Reef...temperatures across the reef and allows web-users to examine past bleaching events and link to other related sites. CRC Reef Program Leader...