19 Nov 2024
Forty-four per cent of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reveals following a global assessment announced at the ongoing COP29 UN climate conference in Azerbaijan. Coral Reef at Marsa Gozlani site, Sharm el Shekh, Egypt. Credit: Renata Romeo / Ocean Image Bank The conservation […]
29 Sep 2020
Thanks to Sue Gubbay for giving me the key words ‘Anti-trawling reefs’ and pointing me in the right direction. Greenpeace hasn’t doesn’t done anything new in dropping the boulders in the Dogger Bank SAC. If you type ‘Anti-trawling Reefs’ into your favourite search engine you will see lots of scientific reports on this and their […]
15 May 2018
Sound recordings reveal the changes caused by habitat degradation ‘Climate change is causing widespread damage to the world’s tropical coral reefs, via increases in cyclones and mass bleaching. Healthy populations of reef fishes facilitate recovery from such events, and recruitment of juvenile fish is influenced by acoustic cues that guide larval orientation, habitat selection, and […]
12 Jun 2017
Although the Jonny Hughes article has recently grabbed some headlines – earlier this year Jonathan Porritt developed a similar argument in articles based on work by Forum for the Future. This comes after the historic campaigns sought to stop the sea being used as a cheap dumping site for industry and bans on this practice. […]