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1 hour ago · Some coral have also been moved to land-based nurseries to preserve genetics, said Ken Nedimyer, technical director of Reef Renewal, the nonprofit working with NOAA. But unlike last year, when the sudden heat wave triggered a rush to save coral, scientists this year are taking a more long-term strategic approach.
17 hours ago · On April 22, the team also discovered a 300-meter-long fishing net that covered and entangled coral in the eastern part of Ren'ai Reef, leading to the death and extensive fragmentation of coral.
17 hours ago · Palau, [a] officially the Republic of Palau, [b] [7] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific. The republic consists of approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caroline Islands with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia. It has a total area of 466 square kilometers (180 sq ...
17 hours ago · A 61-year-old boater from Buffalo Narrows was found dead last week after his boat was discovered idling and empty on Peter Pond Lake. According to the RCMP, police learned about the missing boater on Friday, and searched areas along the shoreline and the water with help from local residents and conservation officers.
17 hours ago · The "Report of the Illegally Grounded Military Vessel Destroying the Coral Reef Ecosystem at Ren'ai Reef", released on Monday by the Ministry of Natural Resources' South China Sea Ecological Center and the South China Sea Development Research Institute, said that personnel on the vessel are suspected of fishing, and fishing nets and garbage have led to extensive coral death.
17 hours ago · On Monday, China’s Ministry of Natural Resources said in a report that Philippine warships have been “illegally beached” around Second Thomas Shoal near what it calls Nansha Islands for a long time, “and it has seriously damaged the diversity, stability and sustainability of the reef ecosystem”.
17 hours ago · Chinese scientists have published new research Monday on the marine conditions near Ren'ai Reef in the South China Sea. Experts have ruled out factors such as rising sea temperatures and attacks of tropical cyclones, saying the grounded Philippine ship there has become a major source of pollution that threatens the coral reef ecosystem. Sun Tianyuan reports.
