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CORALS JOIN FROGS AND TOADS AS WORLD'S MOST ENDANGERED

Within one generation, diving on coral reefs could be a very rare holiday opportunity. The first comprehensive review of tropical coral species reveals that over one-quarter reef-building coral species already face extinction. This means corals join frogs and toads as the most threatened group of

Publication: Rachel's Democracy & Health News

A Worldwatch Addendum.(coral reef damage)(includes table Status of Coral Reefs Around the World)(Statistical Data Included)

On a global scale, add climate change, coral mining, toxic dumping, and over fishing to the phalanx of forces destroying coral reefs. AS OF LATE 2000, AN ESTIMATED 27 percent of the world's coral reefs were severely damaged, according to the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. In 1992, the figure

Publication: World Watch

Ocean Conservancy Applauds Administration's Action to Create the Largest Ocean Conservation Area in History

The Ocean Conservancy issued the following news release: Tomorrow, the Bush administration will officially designate three new marine monuments in the Pacific Ocean that will protect pristine ecosystems from industry uses. The new marine protected areas will be located in the tropical waters of the

Publication: Targeted News Service

Bone up on paleontology at Indiana's Ohio River.

Imagine this: About 400 million years ago there was a coral reef, home to thousands of plants and animals, in the Midwest. What is now Indiana and Kentucky rested beneath a tropical sea 20 degrees south of the equator. Fish were the most advanced life form in the aquatic world during this Devonian

Publication: The Boston Herald

First Occurrence of Blackspot Wrasse, Decodon melasma Gomon 1974 (Pisces: Labridae) in California.

M. James Allen (1) Ami K. Groce (2) Wrasses (family Labridae) are epibenthic, demersal, and water-column fishes found in coastal warm-temperate and tropical waters, usually near rocky and coral reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Although this is the second largest family of marine

Publication: Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences)

Florida's lulling isle medley // It's a symphony in minor Keys

MARATHON, Fla. Sure, you can relax in the Florida Keys. The Southern sun warms, the breezes soothe and you soon lapse into a tropical languor that is disturbed only by the insistent urge for another frosty pina colada. That's one kind of Keys. The other kind is equally tempting, but it means

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

INCOMPARABLE SCENERY, INVALUABLE SERENITY IN BORA BORA.(Travel)

Byline: Story by Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer BORA BORA, French Polynesia - Life's problems sure seem far away when you're relaxing on an island motu in Bora Bora. When you're on the other side of the equator, sitting in the calm, clear, blue ocean in front of a sugary white beach, you feel a lot

Publication: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Seychelles: Statistical Profile of Seychelles

00-00-0000 Statistical Profile of Seychelles Geography Total area: 455 km2; land area: 455 km2 Comparative area: slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: none Coastline: 491 km Maritime claims: Continental shelf: edge of continental margin or 200 nm Extended economic

Publication: Countries of the World