http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/05/one-third-of-reef-building-corals-face-extinction-risk/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Fri, 25 May 2012 11:42:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/05/one-third-of-reef-building-corals-face-extinction-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-282544 The Experiment: Using Gene Therapy to Save Coral Reefs ‘Stressed’ by Climate Change | Planetsave Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:52:06 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2250#comment-282544 [...] to a 2009 survey, nearly one third of the world’s coral species face extinction  by 2030. This threat come from three primary sources: climate change (warming seas and [...] [...] to a 2009 survey, nearly one third of the world’s coral species face extinction  by 2030. This threat come from three primary sources: climate change (warming seas and [...]

]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/05/one-third-of-reef-building-corals-face-extinction-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-87303 Our Oceans Are Turning into Acid : EcoLocalizer Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:20:59 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2250#comment-87303 [...] planet’s coral reefs are dying and sea creatures’ shells are literally dissolving in the increasingly acidic [...] [...] planet’s coral reefs are dying and sea creatures’ shells are literally dissolving in the increasingly acidic [...]

]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/05/one-third-of-reef-building-corals-face-extinction-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-61579 Bony Fish Revealed to be Source of Ocean’s Missing Carbonate : EcoWorldly Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:18:12 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2250#comment-61579 [...] Much current marine research has focused on the “acidification” of the oceans–especially the shallower seas and sea beds where corals thrive. Too much acid (or a surplus of H+ ions) in the water makes for fewer carbonate ions available to build shells and coral structures (Hydrogen bonds with carbonate, forming bicarbonate, not CaCO3). This is part of the complex, acid-base reaction dynamics that go on continuously in the world’s oceans. It is believed that the recent decline in some coral species is the result of this acidification (see my earlier post : One Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Extinction Risk ). [...] [...] Much current marine research has focused on the “acidification” of the oceans–especially the shallower seas and sea beds where corals thrive. Too much acid (or a surplus of H+ ions) in the water makes for fewer carbonate ions available to build shells and coral structures (Hydrogen bonds with carbonate, forming bicarbonate, not CaCO3). This is part of the complex, acid-base reaction dynamics that go on continuously in the world’s oceans. It is believed that the recent decline in some coral species is the result of this acidification (see my earlier post : One Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Extinction Risk ). [...]

]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/05/one-third-of-reef-building-corals-face-extinction-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-61578 Mussels Discovered Thriving in Extremely Acidic Water : EcoWorldly Sat, 30 May 2009 01:42:45 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2250#comment-61578 [...] the creature more susceptible to predation and even disease (as in the case of many corals; see: One Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Extinction Risk [...] [...] the creature more susceptible to predation and even disease (as in the case of many corals; see: One Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Extinction Risk [...]

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