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A sunscreen from the sea

... Ltd (STPL), have reached agreement to develop the coral sunscreen, which is likely to hit the market in th...s.// "We believe that within a very few years the coral sunscreen could displace the range of UV-B blockers now in use. The future market in global terms fo...

Eleutherobin From Coral Fights Cancer Cells

A rare Australian coral has found to be effective in the treatment of canc...obin,// a deadly poison which is obtained from the coral is found to kill the cancer cells. Eleutherobin, which is produced from corals, to stop the fish fr...

Marine Reserves Protect Coral Reefs

Marine reserves serve to protect both coral reefs and fish, according to a study conducted by ...ng event in 1998 which caused widespread damage to coral around the world," Mumby added. The researchers found that marine reserves might provide exactly ...

Oceans May Turn More Acidic and Threaten Marine Life

...r energy system could make the oceans corrosive to coral reefs and many other marine organisms. These results should help motivate the search for new energy sources, such as wind and solar, that can fuel economic growth without releasing dangerous carbon dioxide into the environment." Source :Eurek...

Phoenix Islands To Be Protected Under Global Conservation Map

... consists of the some of the earth’s most pristine coral reefs, were brought under the global conservation ... the size of Portugal. It contains a near pristine coral archipelago with abundant marine and bird life, and is the first marine protected area in the region...

Recently discovered deep-sea reefs catch the attention of the drug discovery team

...e first time an AUV has been used to map deepwater coral reefs. Miami's December AUV work revealed what appears to be an extensive system of steep slopes and mounds as high as 350 feet, all of which are likely to harbor a wide array of sponges, corals, fish, and other animals. A camera developed at the ...

Global Warming Could Increase Exotic Fish Poisoning

...pollution and global warming are inflicting on the coral reefs where many fish species feed. Dozens of po... the greenhouse effect and fouled by toxic runoff, coral reefs are damaged and poisonous algae thrives. Ciguatera has long been known in the South Pacific,...

Protecting Oceans is Important to Keeping Planet Cool

...s Centigrade will be enough for a major decline in coral reefs, unless corals adapt to warmer waters,' Marton-Lefevre said, quoting the findings of the report. Coral reefs, representing just one facet of marine life, have suffered a 20 percent loss and another 50 percent face immediate or long-term dange...

Climate Change Threatens Sundarbans and World Heritage Sites

...a temperatures. At least 58 percent of the world's coral reefs - home to hundreds of thousands of fish species - are considered to be at risk. Source-IANS/V...

West Wants Developing Countries to Cut Down on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

...s. And embarrassing the global warming skeptics, coral disease outbreaks have struck the healthiest secti...ks on the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia, Scientis...

Is Gemstone-therapy an Alternative to Treat Illness?

...d injuries. In such cases we suggest people to use coral gem." The gemstones are expensive and often bought by the well-off families. Dozens of such clinics have come up in various parts of Varanasi. It is claimed wearing a right stone matching ones horoscope can cure a person of all ailments. Some o...

Investigating Coral Reefs to Help Understand Past and Future Climate Change

...ivity and hence of future climate change. Fossil coral reefs can be used to accurately reconstruct past s...l changes affecting the narrow requirements of the coral reef environment will lead to changes in coral reef growth and composition. Thus, a fossil coral ree...

Fishes Use Threat of Punishment in Mating Process

... probably because expulsion from the group and the coral reef it occupies means almost certain death to the loser. It is clear the fish accept the threat of punishment and co-operate as a way of maintaining their social order and thats not so very different to how humans and other animals behave. Dr W...

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